I’M SO HAPPY YOU SAID THAT!!!!!!!!!!! So many kids today don’t even know what it IS to play. Their lives are so controlled and regulated, every second accounted for and constantly under the watchful eyes of adults who give instructions, determine right from wrong, manipulate and demand. Blah. How truly awful. I feel so sorry for kids today and I can clearly see the results of what having everything done FOR them, has allowed them to become. Sad. Some children have no free time at all. No time to experiment and learn anything but someone else’s rules.
another reader brought that song up too, mark. it is a good one, but not mine, comes from a website i love that focuses on the joy of childhood and learning.
Not sure if it was Piaget, or someone else who was a giant in child development, who said, “Play is children’s work.” Sad state of affairs, and misguided, to think that electronics and overscheduled lives are good for children. Thanks for the topic, Beth.
I have my glasses on.... 
And so say all of us ❤️
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When I read that statement something in me said, on some levels we are babies all our lives
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and i think we all need to continue to figure out the world around us in this same way –
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And the growed ups!
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yes, the growed ups too )
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Heart rendering 🙂
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thank you, sns –
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Lovely!
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Yes, yes, and YES, but so long as they put everything in their little mouths. Ick. 😀
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hey, it’s one way to learn, tess )
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It’s the natural process, though mothers and grandmother cringe. Bleh.
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yes )
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Very true Beth. Great picture.
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thank you, paul –
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Gaa! Earworm! Do you know Let the Children Play by Santana? Kind of obscure but kind of great. Listening to it as I bang on this keyboard.
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i do and cool, mark –
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Yes, every opportunity now before they all go away later…
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absolutely napr )
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I’M SO HAPPY YOU SAID THAT!!!!!!!!!!! So many kids today don’t even know what it IS to play. Their lives are so controlled and regulated, every second accounted for and constantly under the watchful eyes of adults who give instructions, determine right from wrong, manipulate and demand. Blah. How truly awful. I feel so sorry for kids today and I can clearly see the results of what having everything done FOR them, has allowed them to become. Sad. Some children have no free time at all. No time to experiment and learn anything but someone else’s rules.
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yes, it is so very important and the best way to learn about the real world, time to fail and time to succeed and time to figure it all out –
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So perfect Beth. I strive to give my children the time to play, to discover and to be…
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that is so great –
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Babies feet are so cute and adorable. I think everyone, especially our young children, need to take time out to play!
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yes, i knew you would agree, robin )
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We all grow and blossom at different pace and time. In that respect, we are all still babies. 🙂
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absolutely, shirley )
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A special musician sang a song by that title, Beth. Did the Santana song come to mind when you wrote that inspiring title?
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another reader brought that song up too, mark. it is a good one, but not mine, comes from a website i love that focuses on the joy of childhood and learning.
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Not sure if it was Piaget, or someone else who was a giant in child development, who said, “Play is children’s work.” Sad state of affairs, and misguided, to think that electronics and overscheduled lives are good for children. Thanks for the topic, Beth.
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yes, all so true –
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