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Every holiday children are being manipulated into thinking their lives will be better if they only owed the latest, hottest, or wildest toy or computer game. Toy companies encourage a "buy for fun and adventure" syndrome. One commercial even suggests that if your kids buy this doll, life takes on a whole new adventure. With consumerism for kids at an all time high, your kids will by age two or three be caught in the "gotta have now" holiday trap. They want it, you buy it, and that can lead kids into believing that they can have whatever they want, whenever they want it.
As loving parents, you often feel guilty about having too little time to spend with your kids. To compensate, you over-indulge them with the latest video games or toys. You want, and often do, hand them the world, literally, on a silver platter, but by the time they reach kindergarten, they want more and more, and you work harder to provide more. Kids today need to learn the value of family, and a good way to teach those values is by sharing less of your pocketbook and more of yourself. The holidays and other family gathers offer the perfect time to do just that. This holiday when the holiday dinner is settling in, turn off the television, turn off the computer games, and turn on a hefty dose of family fun. It's simple and easy.
Teaching your kids how to play games with the family is one of the greatest gifts you, as parents, can give your children this holiday season. To start this gift-giving tradition, you might need a little help, and there are many books on the market that offer tips, advice, and simple instructions for simple games. These games take little time, and little, if any advanced planning, and they involve the entire family from younger kids to parents, grandparents, and great grandparents. Believe it or not, kids want to be involved with the family. They don't ask for time because they have heard over and over remarks such as "wait until later. . . not right now. . . after dinner. . . I'm too tired today." While these are, at times, legitimate comments, they turn kids away from parents and toward those computer games, cell phones, and other activities that do not involve the family. Kids will find their own entertainment, and sometimes their choices may be less than valuable to them.
This holiday season, instead of grabbing every toy your child wants from the store shelves, carefully select items that fit their needs and your budget. Then, fill holiday festivities with meaningful activities which include baking, cooking, making candy, or teaching children the joy of playing games. These activities encourage family togetherness and not separation.
There are many books available on the market today that show how to play old-fashion games, and one of the best is FAMILY FUN AND GAMES by Skyward Publishing. The authors know what they are talking about. Carolyn Gray Thornton is a retired social worker, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and wife of a retired United Methodist Minister. She has been leading games, creating mixers for groups and having fun with all ages of people. Her sister Ellen Gray Massey, teacher/advisor for Bittersweet, the Ozark Quarterly, from 1973-1983, a project that included her students, co-authored the book. The book teaches, by simple instructions, how to play games with children and adults. "Mary Dudley, Ph.D., Director, College of Education, University of New Mexico Family Development Program, says "The authors capture what most psychologists struggle with on a daily basis-how to unite a family." The authors included a battery of games that have been played in the Gray family and handed down for 100 years. You will be delighted to see how easy it is to play such favorites as "Hot Potato," "This Is My Nose," "Mrs. Mumbles," "Guessing Games," "Magic and Other Tricks and Illusions," "Cows and Horses and Car Games," "Outside and Inside Games," "Crazy Intelligence Test and other Paper Games," as well as a special section on games to play at family reunions, showers, and other gatherings.
It is a fun and exciting plan that seems to have worked well for the Gray family. The Thornton children are now grandparents and great-grandparents but the continue the 100 year tradition of playing and teaching family games. The tradition is a good one for many of us to adopt. Maybe this is the year for you to start a new holiday tradition in your family.
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Skyward Publishing
3027 Highway 76
Suite D
Branson, MO 65616
Phone: 417-239-1125
Email Us: info_ozarkpublicity@yahoo.com
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