Thought For The Day

  • Thought For The Day

    Playing Games and Such

    Don’t kids go outside and play games anymore? At the risk of appearing “old” (and I am old-er) and out of touch, I can remember when every afternoon and most of the day (after “chores”) Saturday was spent somewhere in the yard, the neighborhood, the park, the ball field at school, or the woods behind the house. We ran and jumped and climbed trees, rode bikes and wooden boxes with makeshift wheels, stole secret swims in the creek, and invented games to chase each other. Now it’s all “organized” sports (which means it is for the parents, not the kids) and computers (read: laptops, i-pads, smart phones, Facebook, Skype, Twitter, and…