I Think Kids Should Go Outside and Play

When I was a kid, I would come home from school, do my homework, then immediately run to play outside til after dark. I loved to be outdoors, to feel the warmth of the sun and the relief of a cool breeze, to see the flowers bloom and...

The Lilt House tends to shelter artists, musicians, and magicians.  But that's not to say we don't enjoy sporting activities.  Gotta keep fit, you know!
Yesterday,  the game was kick ball.  The first half of the game was making up...

I just posted a video in this group. 
Some boys find a ingenious new plan for fishing...
 

versus staying indoors and being hooking on a wii or ps3 or xbox360 or stupid fucking facebook

There are too many ways and reasons children are kept indoors now days. School work, video games, unsafe neighborhoods, it's raining, it's snowing... on and on it seems the list goes. Now my sister has found a Retail/Wholesale...

I was born in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada in 1945. Children in or town never played inside, but we were fortunate to be surrounded by fields and woods to explore. Also, we were surrounded by other children of all ages and...

When I was little (wow that made me sound old LOL) I was always allowed to play outside as long as I came home when it started to get dark. We never really needed parental supervision either.  My parents let all of us kids and so...

When I was a kid I was always outside playing. I would stay out from the time I got out of school, or the time the sun came up when there wasn't any school, until my grandparents were yelling my name to come in.
Even when I...

We moved onto a small cul-de-sac in a new neighborhood when my eldest was 18 months old.  The people who became our neighbors have also become like our extended family.  We all had children the same age, built our fences and...

Since it's now getting nice outside...I refuse to let the kids sit inside and watch TV or play video games...They come in perch on the couch to watch TV...I say hey...it's nice outside...get out and enjoy the day.  The were so...