Comments on: 10 Things to Do Outdoors with Your Child This Summer http://pinoycentric.com/2008/04/14/10-things-to-do-outdoors-with-your-child-this-summer/ All Things Brown and Beautiful. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:52:13 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Karla http://pinoycentric.com/2008/04/14/10-things-to-do-outdoors-with-your-child-this-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-72151 Karla Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:35:19 +0000 http://pinoycentric.com/2008/04/14/10-things-to-do-outdoors-with-your-child-this-summer/#comment-72151 That's wonderful, Sidney. I know someone very wealthy who sends her daughter to the province each summer sans the bodyguard, the car, and all the other trappings of wealth the child is used to because she wants her daughter to appreciate what she has and understand how fortunate she is. It's also a way for her to realize that one can live without all these luxuries and still be as happy. That’s wonderful, Sidney. I know someone very wealthy who sends her daughter to the province each summer sans the bodyguard, the car, and all the other trappings of wealth the child is used to because she wants her daughter to appreciate what she has and understand how fortunate she is. It’s also a way for her to realize that one can live without all these luxuries and still be as happy.

]]> By: Sidney http://pinoycentric.com/2008/04/14/10-things-to-do-outdoors-with-your-child-this-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-72149 Sidney Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:28:58 +0000 http://pinoycentric.com/2008/04/14/10-things-to-do-outdoors-with-your-child-this-summer/#comment-72149 I send my son (once or twice a year) for a few weeks in the province. The great outdoors... no computers, no malls, no computer games, no TV, no hot water. You have the luck (?) in the Philippines that you don't have to go very far away to be back to basics. Teenagers like him need that kind of reality check once in a while. They need to experience that the majority of the people don't live in the same luxury. It also allows him to re-connect with nature and with people of other backgrounds. I send my son (once or twice a year) for a few weeks in the province. The great outdoors… no computers, no malls, no computer games, no TV, no hot water. You have the luck (?) in the Philippines that you don’t have to go very far away to be back to basics. Teenagers like him need that kind of reality check once in a while. They need to experience that the majority of the people don’t live in the same luxury. It also allows him to re-connect with nature and with people of other backgrounds.

]]> By: Karla Maquiling http://pinoycentric.com/2008/04/14/10-things-to-do-outdoors-with-your-child-this-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-72096 Karla Maquiling Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:06:57 +0000 http://pinoycentric.com/2008/04/14/10-things-to-do-outdoors-with-your-child-this-summer/#comment-72096 Hi, Nico: thanks for the input. Thankfully, I need not coerce my son to do these activities because he was actually the one who thought up eight of the ten activities on the list. Kids, I believe, just need a little reminding every now and then that there's a world out there ready to be explored. I love the convenience of technology--don't get me wrong--but I also appreciate the quiet moments away from this fast-paced life. Thanks for dropping by, y'all! :) Hi, Nico: thanks for the input. Thankfully, I need not coerce my son to do these activities because he was actually the one who thought up eight of the ten activities on the list. Kids, I believe, just need a little reminding every now and then that there’s a world out there ready to be explored. I love the convenience of technology–don’t get me wrong–but I also appreciate the quiet moments away from this fast-paced life.

Thanks for dropping by, y’all! :)

]]> By: Mark Feliciano S. Timbang http://pinoycentric.com/2008/04/14/10-things-to-do-outdoors-with-your-child-this-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-72094 Mark Feliciano S. Timbang Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:28:17 +0000 http://pinoycentric.com/2008/04/14/10-things-to-do-outdoors-with-your-child-this-summer/#comment-72094 nice one Chris... nice article too... how i wish... my photos too... nice one Chris…

nice article too…
how i wish…
my photos too…

]]> By: Nico http://pinoycentric.com/2008/04/14/10-things-to-do-outdoors-with-your-child-this-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-72093 Nico Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:19:38 +0000 http://pinoycentric.com/2008/04/14/10-things-to-do-outdoors-with-your-child-this-summer/#comment-72093 All these activities are great, but they would be entirely counterproductive if they weren't done on a regular basis or as part of a habit and if kids were forcefully made to engage in them. Nothing alienates a child more than taking him or her out of a comfort zone and the use of parental coercion. If kids feel that they were being forced into these activities, in the long run, they'll feel less personally motivated to engage in these activities and will further retreat into the sedentary life in front of a screen. The objective is not to force them to do the things that are best for them while you can still control them. The objective should be to cultivate the desire and willpower to live a healthy, fulfilling life. Often, these two objectives conflict, and many parents don't even realize it. All these activities are great, but they would be entirely counterproductive if they weren’t done on a regular basis or as part of a habit and if kids were forcefully made to engage in them. Nothing alienates a child more than taking him or her out of a comfort zone and the use of parental coercion. If kids feel that they were being forced into these activities, in the long run, they’ll feel less personally motivated to engage in these activities and will further retreat into the sedentary life in front of a screen.

The objective is not to force them to do the things that are best for them while you can still control them. The objective should be to cultivate the desire and willpower to live a healthy, fulfilling life. Often, these two objectives conflict, and many parents don’t even realize it.

]]> By: Karla http://pinoycentric.com/2008/04/14/10-things-to-do-outdoors-with-your-child-this-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-72071 Karla Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:22:06 +0000 http://pinoycentric.com/2008/04/14/10-things-to-do-outdoors-with-your-child-this-summer/#comment-72071 Wow, that's great! We're trying to compress all 10 this summer, so we're hoping we have enough time to do all. Happy summer too, and thanks for allowing us to use your photo. Wow, that’s great! We’re trying to compress all 10 this summer, so we’re hoping we have enough time to do all.

Happy summer too, and thanks for allowing us to use your photo.

]]> By: Chris Linag http://pinoycentric.com/2008/04/14/10-things-to-do-outdoors-with-your-child-this-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-72046 Chris Linag Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:52:49 +0000 http://pinoycentric.com/2008/04/14/10-things-to-do-outdoors-with-your-child-this-summer/#comment-72046 I am happy to share to you guys that my nephews Wesley and Carlo (the kids in the above photo) so far have done 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9. :-) Thanks to Pinoycentric for featuring my work. Happy summer to all! I am happy to share to you guys that my nephews Wesley and Carlo (the kids in the above photo) so far have done 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9. :-)

Thanks to Pinoycentric for featuring my work.

Happy summer to all!

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