Kids today!

So every morning Bella wakes up and says " What's my day"? I have created a little calendar for her of things going on. So she checks the calendar i.e learns days of week, numbers and reading skills. This morning, I thought about how busy we are all the time. I asked myself why. I went back to thinking of my childhood. Remember you got up and rode your bike and were gone all day. No one entertained you. Now the park districts try to one up each other with the lastest classes.

So I thought to myself have I created this. The answer is yes! I grew up in a house with a wonderful mother. She was a brownie leader, room mom, motor mom, lunch helper and so on. I always wanted to be this type of mom. The problem is the world is different. I grew up in an amazing neighborhood. I had extra parents and extra siblings. No matter the age or the sex we played together. I still feel this way about these people. We are all spread out but I know when we see each other it is like old times. The problem is even though we live in a nice neighborhood, kids can't be out alone. So that is why we sign our kids up for these things so they can develop social relationships. It is so sad for our children. Bella is very lucky she has made some amazing friends from this. I have mom friends I know I can leave my child with like I did as a kid. So to my amazing friends, thank you for allowing Bella to have the childhood I had!