Engage Your Brain

This got my thoughts running a mile-a-minute this morning from The Dallas Morning News and I'd enjoy hearing what you think.

Here's the lead paragraph from the article titled "Whatever Happened To Childhood?" in the features section. It's by Bill Marvel:

"It can't be easy to be a kid these days. Unfortunately, kids don't know that. They've never experienced any other kind of childhood. But if you're under, say, 35, take my word: It wasn't always like this.What I mean by "this" is the kind of obsessive over-parented, anxiety-ridden, schedule-driven way we have of raising our children. Of seeing to it that they never get a chance to waste their time, to pick their own friends, to disappear for an hour or two, to play games without adult supervision. To – God forbid – get into minor scrapes, bang up their knees and elbows."

Check out the entire article here (may require sign-in).

What I'd like from you is your reaction to this article...teenagers, is this true in your experience? Parents, do you agree or disagree and why?

Man...this was better than that first cup o' joe...