"We have kept our children so busy with 'useful' and 'improving' activities that we are in danger of raising a generation of young people who are terrified of silence, of being alone with their thoughts." - Eda Le Shan
While Le Shan's observation is unsettling, it is also true in all too many cases. Too many children have spend their entire childhood and youth in structured activities such as daycare, school and organized sports. They have never developed their natural ability to explore, improvise, and discover the natural world around them. Make a point to allow your child enough free, unstructured time.
