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A short while ago I stayed with a family with four boys aged 8 to 12. It's a long time since I've visited a family with kids and what struck me most about these boys was their spontaneous ability to play. Both on their own and with each other.
No sooner were meal times over than they were outside playing with a ball, or swinging on swings, or inside playing with toy cars or the Nintendo Game Cube.
I so wanted to join in the fun, but I simply couldn't. I just didn't know how.
Why is it that adults forget how to play? Sure, we can still do sports, play cards and play games on the computer. But somehow it's never the same as the spontaneous fun I saw that day when I watched those boys at play. It was as if they went off into a different world and then pulled the drawbridge up behind them.
God, they must think that adults are so dull.
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Why do we forget how to play?
By: nick on Sun, 15 June 2003 08:34 |
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Re: Why do we forget how to play?
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Lifestyle choices
By: nick on Sun, 15 June 2003 12:42 |
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Re: Lifestyle choices
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I remember........
By: smith on Sun, 15 June 2003 13:38 |
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Nick...!
By: lenny on Sun, 15 June 2003 16:34 |
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Re: Nick...!
By: trevor on Mon, 16 June 2003 13:30 |
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Joining the Club
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Re: I remember........
By: ron on Wed, 18 June 2003 23:37 |
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Haven't forgotten, just different
By: e on Sun, 15 June 2003 15:41 |
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I don't think we forget...
By: saben on Sun, 15 June 2003 22:46 |
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We don't forget how to play.......
By: marc on Sun, 15 June 2003 22:58 |
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