My kids and I walk all the time. (Granted, more in the summer than in the winter -- It's difficult with school getting out at 4:00 and 4:30 and them needing to do their homework ...)
I think it really all depends on the parents. There are places to walk and places to go if you look. Most people also don't have the time that families used to have. Time is much more limited. I try very much to see that my kids get exercise. Now do they walk by themselves? No. But then again we're talking an 8 and a half year old as the oldest in the household -- too young to be walking outside by herself. Judith ----- Original Message ----- > 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? > > Dana > > > On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 22:32:57 -0500, Judith Dinowitz > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One of my friends who doesn't have a television (her choice) and whose kids > > don't watch TV once had a cultural clash because a therapist who was > > evaluating her child for early intervention was trying to get him to > > identify certain Sesame Street characters and (surprise, surprise) the kid > > didn't know them! This was because the child didn't watch Sesame Street. > > But the therapist had to adjust his expectations (and his test) to my > > friend's culture. > > > > So I think the question here needs to be refined to take into account our > > multicultural society. : ) > > > > What do you think would be a fair test? What was the purpose of the test -- > > to see how influential our mass market culture is on kids vs. religion? > > > > Judith > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > Where did they find a picture of Jesus? I haven't seen Supersize me, so > > > I can't comment (intelligently) further. But, I think the ability to > > > recognize Jesus would depend largely on the children's upbringing. I > > > wouldn't expect Jewish children to recognize Jesus, for example (Reading > > > forward in the thread, Judith verified the previous sentence). And I > > > suspect Children who went to some type of "Catholic School" and/or Sunday > > > school would be more likely to recognize Jesus than those who didn't. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:137687 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
