I was worried about my 5 year old nephew (and his 4 year old cousin) until this summer due to his preference for videos and TV than for anything else. But this summer, they blossomed into outdoor kids. I got to his house Saturday morning at 7:10 am, and he was already outside playing in the yard. When my parents drop by with their 2 Labradoodle puppies, you can't get Zeb into the house even to eat. He loves taking walks out in to the woods (with his father or me), swinging, playing hide and seek, and just running around screaming at the top of his lungs (airplane, fire engine, train, motorcycle, cattle stampede. anything loud and fast moving.) A normal kid. He also has talked my sister into a membership at a local nature center, because he loves walking in the woods on the nature trails and reading all the signage. And climbing up the rocks ledges. He knows about 20 types of trees by their bark and leaves, and a number of birds by sight and sound. I think it was the autonomy and freedom he is allowed in the yard that opened things up for him.
But I will admit he knows every logo, theme song, and pitch line by every product on TV and radio. And he watches all of the "Coming Attractions" previews on every video he gets before watching the real thing. And he knows every movie trailer on On Demand, and how old he needs to be to watch each one. Jerry Jerry Johnson Web Developer Dolan Media Company >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/21/04 04:58PM >>> Do we even need to test this? But I don't think McDonald's is even the main issue. How many children play outside any more? How many ever walk anywhere? Is there even anywhere to walk where they live? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:137365 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
