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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 447285" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>How we grew up is no longer how our kids grow up, even in the same regions. The more traditional a lifestyle, the fewer changes, and the more chance of things being unchanged form generation to generation. My own upbringing was very different to my kids'. I think it's the same for husband. I remember being very bored as a kid, but if I went home and said I was bored, my mother would give me chores. And I would be bored, AND sore from all the work. What I craved was intellectual stimulation. These days our kids have a lot more scope for stimulation, but I think we have swung too far and there is an overdose of stimulation and kids don't know how to stimulate their own minds.</p><p></p><p>I'm thinking that possibly in Spain the play was more structured, perhaps more than it seemed (such as a game of soccer being played, however informally) and with someone more senior (even an older kid) exerting some level of supervision/control. That is enough to make a huge difference.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 447285, member: 1991"] How we grew up is no longer how our kids grow up, even in the same regions. The more traditional a lifestyle, the fewer changes, and the more chance of things being unchanged form generation to generation. My own upbringing was very different to my kids'. I think it's the same for husband. I remember being very bored as a kid, but if I went home and said I was bored, my mother would give me chores. And I would be bored, AND sore from all the work. What I craved was intellectual stimulation. These days our kids have a lot more scope for stimulation, but I think we have swung too far and there is an overdose of stimulation and kids don't know how to stimulate their own minds. I'm thinking that possibly in Spain the play was more structured, perhaps more than it seemed (such as a game of soccer being played, however informally) and with someone more senior (even an older kid) exerting some level of supervision/control. That is enough to make a huge difference. Marg [/QUOTE]
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