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hollysmom

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2. when I was a kid we had gym 3 times a week

Reply to JDPriestly (Reply #1)

Sat Aug 23, 2014, 02:47 AM

Aug 2014

and until high school we were sent out side to sit, walk play what ever, just get out of the building. I walked home for lunch until they cut lunch to 20 minutes from an hour. I don't think the kids have a lunch/play time anymore.

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Why so many kids can’t sit still in school today. [View all] elleng Aug 2014 OP

Children are not nearly moving enough, and it is really starting to become a problem. JDPriestly Aug 2014 #1

when I was a kid we had gym 3 times a week hollysmom Aug 2014 #2

My grade school: 15 minute recess at 10:30; + hour for lunch and more recess Divernan Aug 2014 #5

My experience was very like yours Brainstormy Aug 2014 #11

Two things: littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #3

Kicking. littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #4

This has been troubling me for a long time. It is not natural for kids to sit still Arkansas Granny Aug 2014 #6

"changes in diagnostic criteria" =s Big Pharma casting an ever widening net. Divernan Aug 2014 #7

Big pharmacy is motivated by profit, not improving health. Arkansas Granny Aug 2014 #9

Absolutely. Jackpine Radical Aug 2014 #10

Hey guys! Remember to "like" this OP so it doesn't sink without a trace. Need 2 more likes. Divernan Aug 2014 #8

I have noticed this with my grandson. Unhappily, my son and DIL don't Nay Aug 2014 #12

Great for you and your grandson, Nay. elleng Aug 2014 #13

Kick. If we let kids play and move when they are 4,5,6 and 7 in school, the "surge" of ADHD would Squinch Aug 2014 #14

I agree that kids need more physical activity, but I get so tired of hearing that medical conditions liberal_at_heart Aug 2014 #15