Karina Jones is a real-life ranch wife in the Nebraska Sandhills and one of the most highly sought-after speakers in the cattle industry nationwide!
What if….I’ve got a family discussion question today on Ranch Raised.
To pick up where I left off yesterday, I shared that according to the National Recreation and Park Association, “US children only spend an average of 4-7 minutes a day outside,” yes, I said MINUTES, “compared to an average of 7.5 hours a day in front of electronic media.” I am listening to the audiobook, “Until the Street Lights Come On,” by one of my favorite authors, Ginny Yurich. She threw out a discussion question at the end of a chapter that I ran with, with my own family. After our daily devotions, I asked my 3 girls, “If electronics were not an option any more, how would you spend your free time?” Some of their answers I could have predicted and some were surprises, but none the less, it led to GREAT discussion and reflection.
Maybe this is a question to spark conversation with your family, maybe around the dinner table or in the car. You might learn some things about the people that live under your roof that you didn’t know.
But, ultimately, in reflection it leads to the bigger question, “well, why aren’t we doing more of that?” If we were all stripped of electronics how would you spend your time? How would you really enjoy yourself? And that is what we are going to focus on doing more of. In fact, it is a discussion that I am going to try to remember to bring up with my kids every 6 months so that I can be better in tune to them and helping guide their time actually doing things that fill their cup! And adults, this goes for us, too!
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