Comments on: Small moments http://www.empoweredbyplay.org/2010/03/small-moments/ Helping families and teachers protect and promote imaginative play in our way-too-busy, consumer-driven, media-filled world. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:16:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Geralyn http://www.empoweredbyplay.org/2010/03/small-moments/comment-page-1/#comment-604 Geralyn Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:55:17 +0000 http://www.empoweredbyplay.org/?p=685#comment-604 So true, Hazel. For me, the standing firm part has been easy up until now! Since the boys have started school, their experiences and interactions with a wider group of children influence their ideas (of course). Now I'll hear the, "But so-and-so gets to watch TV at his house on a school night." That just never happened before they were in school. Oh well, we just have to keep on fighting the good fight. So true, Hazel. For me, the standing firm part has been easy up until now! Since the boys have started school, their experiences and interactions with a wider group of children influence their ideas (of course). Now I’ll hear the, “But so-and-so gets to watch TV at his house on a school night.” That just never happened before they were in school. Oh well, we just have to keep on fighting the good fight.

]]> By: Geralyn http://www.empoweredbyplay.org/2010/03/small-moments/comment-page-1/#comment-603 Geralyn Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:51:08 +0000 http://www.empoweredbyplay.org/?p=685#comment-603 Thanks for sharing a great story! Thanks for sharing a great story!

]]> By: newburghedinfo http://www.empoweredbyplay.org/2010/03/small-moments/comment-page-1/#comment-600 newburghedinfo Fri, 26 Mar 2010 03:12:34 +0000 http://www.empoweredbyplay.org/?p=685#comment-600 “No DVD on school nights” is an excellent rule. Here's something you may enjoy. Couple of days ago my son was very disappointed when I insisted that a plastic star wars light saber was not something we would be purchasing. Two days later he says "look what I made", and he had constructed a very similar telescoping sword contraption out of cardboard tubes from paper towels and such. "Why that's even better than the one in the store", says me. “No DVD on school nights” is an excellent rule.

Here’s something you may enjoy. Couple of days ago my son was very disappointed when I insisted that a plastic star wars light saber was not something we would be purchasing. Two days later he says “look what I made”, and he had constructed a very similar telescoping sword contraption out of cardboard tubes from paper towels and such. “Why that’s even better than the one in the store”, says me.

]]> By: Hazel http://www.empoweredbyplay.org/2010/03/small-moments/comment-page-1/#comment-575 Hazel Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:43:21 +0000 http://www.empoweredbyplay.org/?p=685#comment-575 These are exactly the moments our kids will remember when they are older. My sister once told me that she had to find activities that could compete with television for her sons; I think this pushes us as adults to really figure out what our children might like to do, and once they're given non-tv choices, to stand firm even with sad little faces around. These are exactly the moments our kids will remember when they are older. My sister once told me that she had to find activities that could compete with television for her sons; I think this pushes us as adults to really figure out what our children might like to do, and once they’re given non-tv choices, to stand firm even with sad little faces around.

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