tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416760249253463690.post1259851544611678664..comments2022-03-29T05:30:30.748-07:00Comments on Pudgeduck's World: Sunflowers--My MusePudgeduckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09529445332482349426noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416760249253463690.post-39478660746777881012008-06-05T15:44:00.000-07:002008-06-05T15:44:00.000-07:00I was listening to NPR today, and they were talkin...I was listening to NPR today, and they were talking about how we are over-parenting kids today... every second is planned and plotted and there are too many classes... and how children actually have absolutely no free time to just play... psychologist are saying that we're actually harming our children, as this un-parented play time is essential for social, mental and physical development. Anyway, I remembered this post, and just thought I'd come back to re-read it...Claudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568424354642247198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416760249253463690.post-10833677086667589422008-06-04T21:22:00.000-07:002008-06-04T21:22:00.000-07:00Kids with a houseful of toys, TV, video games and ...Kids with a houseful of toys, TV, video games and cell phones do not seem to be able to play creatively. If they don't have those things, they say there's nothing to do and they are bored. Also, they don't like physical activity. We see the results of that! I think part of the drug use is needing a high of some kind. Maybe climbing windmills close to live wires is a safer thrill!<BR/>Great story.<BR/>AiyanaAiyanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04525758484165324330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416760249253463690.post-65566128551739196002008-06-04T18:12:00.000-07:002008-06-04T18:12:00.000-07:00What a wonderful fun childhood! I have noticed th...What a wonderful fun childhood! I have noticed that every once in a while, one thing will trigger a lot of memories for me! I was fortunate to have spent every other weekend on my grandparents farm, so we got to have a lot of great experiences similar to this...playing with bulls, cows, pigs, chickens, dog, cat, and seeing how a variety of plants were grown. My grandpa ran the actual farm (growing vegetables and livestock), and my grandma had a nursery...I figure that is who I got my love of plants from!Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04402220963886597754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416760249253463690.post-50028374438578182012008-06-04T17:52:00.000-07:002008-06-04T17:52:00.000-07:00Kids now days don't know what fun is... I'm readin...Kids now days don't know what fun is... I'm reading this and thinking of my friends children and their absolute paranoia about bugs and germs, and I hardly recognise them as children... <BR/><BR/>anyway, I grew up with a wooden fence, one of those zig-zag ones made of tree branches, and there were always sunflowers growing along it... I have a weekness for them... <BR/><BR/>wonderful post!Claudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568424354642247198noreply@blogger.com