What kind of errands....
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What kind of errands....
| Wed, 08-31-2005 - 1:41pm |
Do you run on a daily basis? Weekly basis? Monthly basis?
I've often heard people say that they need a lot of time during the week to run errands and that those errands would otherwise take up their evenings and weekends if they had to WOH ft. It made me curious because I just don't seem to have many errands to run at all. Are we just lazy :-)?


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Actually, when it comes to correlations between family activity and family health the correlations are akin to those one might find between family diet and family health. In the case of activity, it has both a mental and physical component as activity is one of the things that helps people deal with inevitable life stresses. At the point where a parent is fussing over which activity to put a child in ONE day a week because it may tire him out, you have the same situation as the parent who is fussing because the child's schedule may let them have ONE day a week without an activity because he may get lazy. If either parent is claiming they have a child who tires more easily than the average child it IS kind of a well DUH. It makes very little sense to help that parent continue to pretend that the lifestyle chosen by the parent, for the child, has nothing to do with that increased tendancy to tire.
I agree up to a point, BUT... I've always felt there was a limit to how much I can choose a lifestyle for my kids. I pretty much let them take the lead in terms of what they want to do and how much they want to do it, as long as they meet general family expectations. As far as how easily they tire, about all I can do is make sure they get to bed on time.
While there are things I have decided are no longer worthy of my time because of kids, there are as many I have decided are worthy of my time because of kids. In the activity folder and others as well. There are also things that were worthy of my time pre-kids that have become even worthier post-kids.
I'm really stymied. In what sort of social circles did you function 'pre kids'? Because I can assure you, if my pre-kid goal was to do what I wanted, when I wanted, how I wanted with zero hassle created by the presense of others who were not-me, I'd have been doing not much and quite frankly what I did manage to do, I'd have been doing alone.
We are discussing lifestyles, not specific activities.
I can see zero reason why an active lifestyle is going to become any more less enjoyable post kids than an inactive one, for those who find kids make their lives less enjoyable. The same kid issues factor in no matter how one chooses to live. Those who are seriously kids stressed merely get to choose which lifestyle they will not be enjoying, now that they have kids.
Why would a couple who previously enjoyed an active lifestyle far more than a sedentary lifestyle, suddenly turn into one who enjoys a sedentary lifestyle far more than an active one post kids? Its not like the sedentary lifestyle makes the kids and all that goes along with them, go away.
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Yes, both those things require further explanation and offer much to debate in the context of reasonable parenting practice. Much as would this platform:
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My child will achieve nothing more than a C in first grade. For explanation refer to Exhibt A. Also, my child doesn't like fruits and vegetables so he won't be eating any. For supporting data, refer to Exhibit B.
Exhibit A
A teacher has indicated to us that many children achieve nothing more than Cs in first grade.
Exhibit B
We just know this.
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