Tag Archives: educar en el hogar

Let Them Play!

Posted 14 September 2009 | By | Categories: Behavior | 16 Comments

  My boys do gymnastics.  While it is physical activity, which is good, it isn’t free play.  Free play with other kids is a necessary part of child development.  There is an article in the Boston Globe that is reporting on the need for kids to have unstructured play.  Apparently kids lack the imagination these [...]

Age Restrictions

Posted 12 September 2009 | By | Categories: Parenting | 6 Comments

One thing I hate, among several things, are age restrictions.  I dislike most restrictions, and age related ones are among the most arbitrary and useless.  There is a term that usually applies only to the elderly – ageism.   It’s used most often to describe discrimination toward old people based on their age and perceived usefulness [...]