In our family we are vigilant around media balance (i.e. not too much). The other day the boys came home and as it was a dreary day they played for an hour on the computer and I was reminded that playing the computer is the same (or better) than the TV. I would often come home from school, plop down and enjoy an hour of cartoons.

This is a challenge that all parents face (or many ignore) that has been around for generations. On the weekend, I found this excerpt particularly funny with regard to the age-old challenge of ‘getting the kids outside’. In the late 1700’s ….

The first lending libraries opened around this time …. In fact, the advent of the novel created concern about young people lying around all day reading when they should have been outside being active or doing something useful.

Via.