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Brainstormy

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11. My experience was very like yours

Reply to Divernan (Reply #5)

Sat Aug 23, 2014, 09:16 AM

Aug 2014

I was in a public school, and in the burbs in the southeast, and we did ride the school bus, but we also had three recesses and played the games you mentioned. No cars, for the most part in the hood. We engaged in outdoor, unsupervised play. Rode our bicycles in packs. Played games of hide and seek that took in whole blocks. Virtually no "managed" activities. Great fun, just getting to be a kid. lost, I think, to our grandchildren.

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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