From Parenting 24/7: University of Illinois Extension
Send your kids outside — now
Posted , updated Mar 21, 2006.
It's the first day of spring. Do you know where your children are? Among the likely answers: • Sitting in a classroom or at home, studying for the year-end round of standardized tests. • Sitting in a backseat on the way to a one-hour practice for some organized sport. • Sitting in front of a screen. Among the less likely answers: • Running around the yard. • Riding a bike around the neighborhood. • Building a fort in the nearest woods.
Read the USAToday.com article.