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!
All learning IS learning! Thanks for starting your week with me right here on Ranch Raised!
I just finished one of my new favorite audiobooks, in fact I would peg in my top 5 recommendations for all parents. It is by one of my favorite authors, Ginny Yurich, and it is called “Until the Street Lights Come On.”
Somewhere in recent evolution, society has shut the door on the outdoors, literally. Why have we strayed away from free play and especially as it pertains to being outside. When did we become a society that felt it was safer to hand our kids a device to access the entire world, when we won’t even let them play with the kids down the street?
I’ve talked before how statistics have shown that children today measure their time outside by a mere minutes a day, when 20 years ago, kids stayed outside from sun up to sun down. And I ask myself, “are we better for it?”
Why has learning been redefined to how a kids score on a test? All learning IS learning! The engineers of today were building backyard forts with sticks and boards 20 years ago. Let’s get back to normalizing riding bikes and backyard ball games, hours spent at the neighborhood parks, and letting kids solve their boredom with outdoor activities that they come up with on their own. Free play is the ticket to letting kids grow up healthier and more fulfilled and none of it requires a swipe of credit card or investment on your part.
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