Health & Fitness
Summertime Energy
Summer life for our kids--how to make sure your children have as much energy for parent-picked activities as the children's choice jungle gym.
The children rallied to bring a new sense of energy. They were tired but brought a new vitality to the playground as they ventured forward into the jungle gym. It never ceases to amaze me the amounts of boundless energy available to a motivated child to enjoy a beautiful summer day.
The bigger challenge is to get the same level of energy applied to those activities that we as parents choose and think are important for their summer and development. As an educator, a parent, and a former child (albeit as millions years past) i have been on both sides of the issue.
Never surrender, and keep them focused on activities and process rather than the end goal. Process-focused and goal-oriented children do well in a variety of activities using life skills. The goal is only a marker of temporal success and not the end-all, be-all of the adventure. Family Matters.
