tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3673402557605809259.post2925370434369640335..comments2021-03-02T13:08:04.730+00:00Comments on Attempting the Ordinary: Of the summer holidays, train tracks and hands off parentingATO Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13283109498023417784noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3673402557605809259.post-28968407464041591792012-08-08T10:20:20.601+01:002012-08-08T10:20:20.601+01:00Thank you - and the Crush 2.0 thing is definitely ...Thank you - and the Crush 2.0 thing is definitely kind of exciting!!<br />I feel bad about how much the kids watch TV but although DS1 would play happily all day, DS2 gets really tired after a while and that's when he asks for the TV - and if I've got something else I need to be getting on with, it's just not worth having that battle! He won't nap so it's kind of his rest time, which I guess is not necessarily a bad thing. <br />I do agree though, boredom is definitely a good thing for kids - and I love the 'benign neglect' approach, definitely what I'm going for at the moment!ATO Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13283109498023417784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3673402557605809259.post-16649338412124585812012-08-08T08:38:58.736+01:002012-08-08T08:38:58.736+01:00ooo I am excited on your behalf about Crush 2.0.
...ooo I am excited on your behalf about Crush 2.0.<br /><br />As for the holidays - my mum always quotes the benefits of Frank Furudi (??) and his theory of the benefits of benign neglect. I don't remember my mum/dad having a huge amount of one on one interraction with me - but we had a lot of freedom to play out in that hazy romantic version of the past that we might have. My kids get to watch TV first thing while I work - that can sometimes be from 6.30 till about 9, but then it goes off and stays off (although we have done a bit of Olympics before bed time). I feel bad about how long they watch it for in the mornings, but it's just how it is and they're not watching anything really evil (although sometimes I wonder about CITV). <br /><br />I do a few trips out (although nothing too high octane - it's all so expensive) - and bits where i do stuff with them at home, interspersed with boring - 'find something to do on your own/together but without me' bits, although in fairness mine are a little older than yours (8 & 6) and can play together quite nicely. It is good for kids to be bored - and i'm not just saying that to ease my own conscience - if they are constantly being stimulated by another person, or the TV, they don't have time to explore their imaginations and to learn to rely on their own resources.<br /><br />You are doing good, ma'am.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11838426651793558151noreply@blogger.com