Kids no longer sitting in the Fence doing resscess

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The only reason kids need more exercise and recess is NOT the school's issue. School has been the same amount of hours and there has always been one recess a day. The problem is BEFORE and AFTER school. Kids used to walk to school or at least walk pretty far for a bus stop. Now we have parents who drive their kids to school and heck, even drive them to a bus stop. After school? Kids used to play for hours outside no matter what the weather. Now they are in structured activities or sitting in front of a screen.

So instead of parents whining about how little recess kids are getting, how about you keep up your end of the bargain at home. I am sure you have plenty of days you take away recess before and after school.

This is just ridiculous. School hours have been the same at every school everywhere forever? Every school has always had one (and only one) recess a day? Even SHOUTING nonsense doesn't make it believable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am curious what everyone thinks should be done. Most kids have zero discipline at home and the teachers now can't do anything before a helicopter mom is zooming into school crying foul.

Do you know most kids? Do you know their families well enough to judge how they are parented in their homes? You don't sound very smart.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The only reason kids need more exercise and recess is NOT the school's issue. School has been the same amount of hours and there has always been one recess a day. The problem is BEFORE and AFTER school. Kids used to walk to school or at least walk pretty far for a bus stop. Now we have parents who drive their kids to school and heck, even drive them to a bus stop. After school? Kids used to play for hours outside no matter what the weather. Now they are in structured activities or sitting in front of a screen.

So instead of parents whining about how little recess kids are getting, how about you keep up your end of the bargain at home. I am sure you have plenty of days you take away recess before and after school.

This is just ridiculous. School hours have been the same at every school everywhere forever? Every school has always had one (and only one) recess a day? Even SHOUTING nonsense doesn't make it believable.

Also, what we expect of our kids just isn't reasonable. I have a very sedentary desk job, but am up and down during the day-- in my manager's office, walking to the restroom, walking outside during lunch, moving around and chatting. Every couple of months, I end up with a day or two of training, and am struck sitting and watching someone drone on for 1 1/2 chunks of time, follow we'd by 15 minute breaks and a longer lunch break. And it is miserable to be stuck sitting for that long, with a limited ability to get up and move. It makes me feel so sorry for my ADHD kid-- I have no idea how he stands it. Certainly, making him sit still for an even longer chunk of time wouldn't solve anything. Seriously, walk a day in your kid's shoes-- sitting still at a desk for long periods of time, often in a room with 30 other kids, and report back.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The only reason kids need more exercise and recess is NOT the school's issue. School has been the same amount of hours and there has always been one recess a day. The problem is BEFORE and AFTER school. Kids used to walk to school or at least walk pretty far for a bus stop. Now we have parents who drive their kids to school and heck, even drive them to a bus stop. After school? Kids used to play for hours outside no matter what the weather. Now they are in structured activities or sitting in front of a screen.

So instead of parents whining about how little recess kids are getting, how about you keep up your end of the bargain at home. I am sure you have plenty of days you take away recess before and after school.

This is just ridiculous. School hours have been the same at every school everywhere forever? Every school has always had one (and only one) recess a day? Even SHOUTING nonsense doesn't make it believable.

Also, what we expect of our kids just isn't reasonable. I have a very sedentary desk job, but am up and down during the day-- in my manager's office, walking to the restroom, walking outside during lunch, moving around and chatting. Every couple of months, I end up with a day or two of training, and am struck sitting and watching someone drone on for 1 1/2 chunks of time, follow we'd by 15 minute breaks and a longer lunch break. And it is miserable to be stuck sitting for that long, with a limited ability to get up and move. It makes me feel so sorry for my ADHD kid-- I have no idea how he stands it. Certainly, making him sit still for an even longer chunk of time wouldn't solve anything. Seriously, walk a day in your kid's shoes-- sitting still at a desk for long periods of time, often in a room with 30 other kids, and report back.

An ES school day is 6 hours and most ES kids are awake for 13-16hrs a day. They don't sit in desks for long periods of time. They have recess for 30, lunch for 30, and a special like music, PE, art, library for another 30min. So all told, they are inside a classroom at most, for 4.5hrs of the 14hrs they are awake each weekday. So even if you think they sit at their desks the entire time they are in the classroom (which they don't, not even close) they are basically in a classroom for 22hrs out of the 100 hours they are awake each week. That is a little over 1/5 of their week. If your child can't handle that and you can't give him time before and after school to get fresh air and exercise, then just homeschool him instead of complaining the school needs to do more while you sit and feel so sorry for your child. That is pathetic.

[Anonymous]

My sons teacher makes the kids run laps during recess if they misbehave. I think this is brilliant.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The only reason kids need more exercise and recess is NOT the school's issue. School has been the same amount of hours and there has always been one recess a day. The problem is BEFORE and AFTER school. Kids used to walk to school or at least walk pretty far for a bus stop. Now we have parents who drive their kids to school and heck, even drive them to a bus stop. After school? Kids used to play for hours outside no matter what the weather. Now they are in structured activities or sitting in front of a screen.

So instead of parents whining about how little recess kids are getting, how about you keep up your end of the bargain at home. I am sure you have plenty of days you take away recess before and after school.

This is just ridiculous. School hours have been the same at every school everywhere forever? Every school has always had one (and only one) recess a day? Even SHOUTING nonsense doesn't make it believable.

Also, what we expect of our kids just isn't reasonable. I have a very sedentary desk job, but am up and down during the day-- in my manager's office, walking to the restroom, walking outside during lunch, moving around and chatting. Every couple of months, I end up with a day or two of training, and am struck sitting and watching someone drone on for 1 1/2 chunks of time, follow we'd by 15 minute breaks and a longer lunch break. And it is miserable to be stuck sitting for that long, with a limited ability to get up and move. It makes me feel so sorry for my ADHD kid-- I have no idea how he stands it. Certainly, making him sit still for an even longer chunk of time wouldn't solve anything. Seriously, walk a day in your kid's shoes-- sitting still at a desk for long periods of time, often in a room with 30 other kids, and report back.

News flash PP. Kids in school are not glued to their seats. Just like you, they get up to go to the bathroom, get up moving during centers, go to lunch, play at recess, work with other classmates while others are in reading groups, sit on the floor for some activities, have gym class twice a week, sing and dance in music class. I know my child's current and last 2 teachers uses gonoodle.com for 5 minute breaks at least three times a day and the kids are stretching and dancing hard. They also have a reading nook with comfy bean bag chairs and a rug to lay on. I think you need to go volunteer or observe the classroom setting.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The only reason kids need more exercise and recess is NOT the school's issue. School has been the same amount of hours and there has always been one recess a day. The problem is BEFORE and AFTER school. Kids used to walk to school or at least walk pretty far for a bus stop. Now we have parents who drive their kids to school and heck, even drive them to a bus stop. After school? Kids used to play for hours outside no matter what the weather. Now they are in structured activities or sitting in front of a screen.

So instead of parents whining about how little recess kids are getting, how about you keep up your end of the bargain at home. I am sure you have plenty of days you take away recess before and after school.

This is just ridiculous. School hours have been the same at every school everywhere forever? Every school has always had one (and only one) recess a day? Even SHOUTING nonsense doesn't make it believable.

Did you only go to school for 3 to 4 hours a day? Yes, school hours have been the same for years. The average in the US has not changed for over 80 years. Average between 6 and 6.5hrs and that is based on all 3 levels of school. It is currently 6.5 which is was in 1970.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The only reason kids need more exercise and recess is NOT the school's issue. School has been the same amount of hours and there has always been one recess a day. The problem is BEFORE and AFTER school. Kids used to walk to school or at least walk pretty far for a bus stop. Now we have parents who drive their kids to school and heck, even drive them to a bus stop. After school? Kids used to play for hours outside no matter what the weather. Now they are in structured activities or sitting in front of a screen.

So instead of parents whining about how little recess kids are getting, how about you keep up your end of the bargain at home. I am sure you have plenty of days you take away recess before and after school.

This is just ridiculous. School hours have been the same at every school everywhere forever? Every school has always had one (and only one) recess a day? Even SHOUTING nonsense doesn't make it believable.

Also, what we expect of our kids just isn't reasonable. I have a very sedentary desk job, but am up and down during the day-- in my manager's office, walking to the restroom, walking outside during lunch, moving around and chatting. Every couple of months, I end up with a day or two of training, and am struck sitting and watching someone drone on for 1 1/2 chunks of time, follow we'd by 15 minute breaks and a longer lunch break. And it is miserable to be stuck sitting for that long, with a limited ability to get up and move. It makes me feel so sorry for my ADHD kid-- I have no idea how he stands it. Certainly, making him sit still for an even longer chunk of time wouldn't solve anything. Seriously, walk a day in your kid's shoes-- sitting still at a desk for long periods of time, often in a room with 30 other kids, and report back.

An ES school day is 6 hours and most ES kids are awake for 13-16hrs a day. They don't sit in desks for long periods of time. They have recess for 30, lunch for 30, and a special like music, PE, art, library for another 30min. So all told, they are inside a classroom at most, for 4.5hrs of the 14hrs they are awake each weekday. So even if you think they sit at their desks the entire time they are in the classroom (which they don't, not even close) they are basically in a classroom for 22hrs out of the 100 hours they are awake each week. That is a little over 1/5 of their week. If your child can't handle that and you can't give him time before and after school to get fresh air and exercise, then just homeschool him instead of complaining the school needs to do more while you sit and feel so sorry for your child. That is pathetic.

FCPS: 20 min. To me, this is a HUGE difference. I wish they had 20 min in the morning and 20 in the afternoon.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The only reason kids need more exercise and recess is NOT the school's issue. School has been the same amount of hours and there has always been one recess a day. The problem is BEFORE and AFTER school. Kids used to walk to school or at least walk pretty far for a bus stop. Now we have parents who drive their kids to school and heck, even drive them to a bus stop. After school? Kids used to play for hours outside no matter what the weather. Now they are in structured activities or sitting in front of a screen.

So instead of parents whining about how little recess kids are getting, how about you keep up your end of the bargain at home. I am sure you have plenty of days you take away recess before and after school.

This is just ridiculous. School hours have been the same at every school everywhere forever? Every school has always had one (and only one) recess a day? Even SHOUTING nonsense doesn't make it believable.

Also, what we expect of our kids just isn't reasonable. I have a very sedentary desk job, but am up and down during the day-- in my manager's office, walking to the restroom, walking outside during lunch, moving around and chatting. Every couple of months, I end up with a day or two of training, and am struck sitting and watching someone drone on for 1 1/2 chunks of time, follow we'd by 15 minute breaks and a longer lunch break. And it is miserable to be stuck sitting for that long, with a limited ability to get up and move. It makes me feel so sorry for my ADHD kid-- I have no idea how he stands it. Certainly, making him sit still for an even longer chunk of time wouldn't solve anything. Seriously, walk a day in your kid's shoes-- sitting still at a desk for long periods of time, often in a room with 30 other kids, and report back.

News flash PP. Kids in school are not glued to their seats. Just like you, they get up to go to the bathroom, get up moving during centers, go to lunch, play at recess, work with other classmates while others are in reading groups, sit on the floor for some activities, have gym class twice a week, sing and dance in music class. I know my child's current and last 2 teachers uses gonoodle.com for 5 minute breaks at least three times a day and the kids are stretching and dancing hard. They also have a reading nook with comfy bean bag chairs and a rug to lay on. I think you need to go volunteer or observe the classroom setting.

+1 To the PP who says they can't sit still and feel sorry for their kids, it is you that has the problem. Kids have been told to sit and work in school for decades. Only now do we have moms like you that pity kids and complain to teachers and schools all the while you shove screens in their face or over structure their days. Isn't it ironic? The moms that yelled "go outside and play" sure weren't complaining to the school about only 30 minutes of recess. Why is it the moms nowadays are?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The only reason kids need more exercise and recess is NOT the school's issue. School has been the same amount of hours and there has always been one recess a day. The problem is BEFORE and AFTER school. Kids used to walk to school or at least walk pretty far for a bus stop. Now we have parents who drive their kids to school and heck, even drive them to a bus stop. After school? Kids used to play for hours outside no matter what the weather. Now they are in structured activities or sitting in front of a screen.

So instead of parents whining about how little recess kids are getting, how about you keep up your end of the bargain at home. I am sure you have plenty of days you take away recess before and after school.

This is just ridiculous. School hours have been the same at every school everywhere forever? Every school has always had one (and only one) recess a day? Even SHOUTING nonsense doesn't make it believable.

Also, what we expect of our kids just isn't reasonable. I have a very sedentary desk job, but am up and down during the day-- in my manager's office, walking to the restroom, walking outside during lunch, moving around and chatting. Every couple of months, I end up with a day or two of training, and am struck sitting and watching someone drone on for 1 1/2 chunks of time, follow we'd by 15 minute breaks and a longer lunch break. And it is miserable to be stuck sitting for that long, with a limited ability to get up and move. It makes me feel so sorry for my ADHD kid-- I have no idea how he stands it. Certainly, making him sit still for an even longer chunk of time wouldn't solve anything. Seriously, walk a day in your kid's shoes-- sitting still at a desk for long periods of time, often in a room with 30 other kids, and report back.

An ES school day is 6 hours and most ES kids are awake for 13-16hrs a day. They don't sit in desks for long periods of time. They have recess for 30, lunch for 30, and a special like music, PE, art, library for another 30min. So all told, they are inside a classroom at most, for 4.5hrs of the 14hrs they are awake each weekday. So even if you think they sit at their desks the entire time they are in the classroom (which they don't, not even close) they are basically in a classroom for 22hrs out of the 100 hours they are awake each week. That is a little over 1/5 of their week. If your child can't handle that and you can't give him time before and after school to get fresh air and exercise, then just homeschool him instead of complaining the school needs to do more while you sit and feel so sorry for your child. That is pathetic.

FCPS: 20 min. To me, this is a HUGE difference. I wish they had 20 min in the morning and 20 in the afternoon.

Until last year, your kids had half-days every Monday. Give me a break.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The only reason kids need more exercise and recess is NOT the school's issue. School has been the same amount of hours and there has always been one recess a day. The problem is BEFORE and AFTER school. Kids used to walk to school or at least walk pretty far for a bus stop. Now we have parents who drive their kids to school and heck, even drive them to a bus stop. After school? Kids used to play for hours outside no matter what the weather. Now they are in structured activities or sitting in front of a screen.

So instead of parents whining about how little recess kids are getting, how about you keep up your end of the bargain at home. I am sure you have plenty of days you take away recess before and after school.

This is just ridiculous. School hours have been the same at every school everywhere forever? Every school has always had one (and only one) recess a day? Even SHOUTING nonsense doesn't make it believable.

Also, what we expect of our kids just isn't reasonable. I have a very sedentary desk job, but am up and down during the day-- in my manager's office, walking to the restroom, walking outside during lunch, moving around and chatting. Every couple of months, I end up with a day or two of training, and am struck sitting and watching someone drone on for 1 1/2 chunks of time, follow we'd by 15 minute breaks and a longer lunch break. And it is miserable to be stuck sitting for that long, with a limited ability to get up and move. It makes me feel so sorry for my ADHD kid-- I have no idea how he stands it. Certainly, making him sit still for an even longer chunk of time wouldn't solve anything. Seriously, walk a day in your kid's shoes-- sitting still at a desk for long periods of time, often in a room with 30 other kids, and report back.

An ES school day is 6 hours and most ES kids are awake for 13-16hrs a day. They don't sit in desks for long periods of time. They have recess for 30, lunch for 30, and a special like music, PE, art, library for another 30min. So all told, they are inside a classroom at most, for 4.5hrs of the 14hrs they are awake each weekday. So even if you think they sit at their desks the entire time they are in the classroom (which they don't, not even close) they are basically in a classroom for 22hrs out of the 100 hours they are awake each week. That is a little over 1/5 of their week. If your child can't handle that and you can't give him time before and after school to get fresh air and exercise, then just homeschool him instead of complaining the school needs to do more while you sit and feel so sorry for your child. That is pathetic.

FCPS: 20 min. To me, this is a HUGE difference. I wish they had 20 min in the morning and 20 in the afternoon.

Until last year, your kids had half-days every Monday. Give me a break.

Until this year, my child was not enrolled at FCPS (k student), so I don't give a rat's ass about what happened before September 2015. YOU give me a break...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The only reason kids need more exercise and recess is NOT the school's issue. School has been the same amount of hours and there has always been one recess a day. The problem is BEFORE and AFTER school. Kids used to walk to school or at least walk pretty far for a bus stop. Now we have parents who drive their kids to school and heck, even drive them to a bus stop. After school? Kids used to play for hours outside no matter what the weather. Now they are in structured activities or sitting in front of a screen.

So instead of parents whining about how little recess kids are getting, how about you keep up your end of the bargain at home. I am sure you have plenty of days you take away recess before and after school.

This is just ridiculous. School hours have been the same at every school everywhere forever? Every school has always had one (and only one) recess a day? Even SHOUTING nonsense doesn't make it believable.

Also, what we expect of our kids just isn't reasonable. I have a very sedentary desk job, but am up and down during the day-- in my manager's office, walking to the restroom, walking outside during lunch, moving around and chatting. Every couple of months, I end up with a day or two of training, and am struck sitting and watching someone drone on for 1 1/2 chunks of time, follow we'd by 15 minute breaks and a longer lunch break. And it is miserable to be stuck sitting for that long, with a limited ability to get up and move. It makes me feel so sorry for my ADHD kid-- I have no idea how he stands it. Certainly, making him sit still for an even longer chunk of time wouldn't solve anything. Seriously, walk a day in your kid's shoes-- sitting still at a desk for long periods of time, often in a room with 30 other kids, and report back.

An ES school day is 6 hours and most ES kids are awake for 13-16hrs a day. They don't sit in desks for long periods of time. They have recess for 30, lunch for 30, and a special like music, PE, art, library for another 30min. So all told, they are inside a classroom at most, for 4.5hrs of the 14hrs they are awake each weekday. So even if you think they sit at their desks the entire time they are in the classroom (which they don't, not even close) they are basically in a classroom for 22hrs out of the 100 hours they are awake each week. That is a little over 1/5 of their week. If your child can't handle that and you can't give him time before and after school to get fresh air and exercise, then just homeschool him instead of complaining the school needs to do more while you sit and feel so sorry for your child. That is pathetic.

FCPS: 20 min. To me, this is a HUGE difference. I wish they had 20 min in the morning and 20 in the afternoon.

Until last year, your kids had half-days every Monday. Give me a break.

Until this year, my child was not enrolled at FCPS (k student), so I don't give a rat's ass about what happened before September 2015. YOU give me a break...

Haha! She is one of "those" moms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The only reason kids need more exercise and recess is NOT the school's issue. School has been the same amount of hours and there has always been one recess a day. The problem is BEFORE and AFTER school. Kids used to walk to school or at least walk pretty far for a bus stop. Now we have parents who drive their kids to school and heck, even drive them to a bus stop. After school? Kids used to play for hours outside no matter what the weather. Now they are in structured activities or sitting in front of a screen.

So instead of parents whining about how little recess kids are getting, how about you keep up your end of the bargain at home. I am sure you have plenty of days you take away recess before and after school.

Do you have any peer reviewed research to back up your assertions? There's plenty of research to support the need for and benefit of recess. It's not merely a matter of having kids do physical activities before/after school.

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The only reason kids need more exercise and recess is NOT the school's issue. School has been the same amount of hours and there has always been one recess a day. The problem is BEFORE and AFTER school. Kids used to walk to school or at least walk pretty far for a bus stop. Now we have parents who drive their kids to school and heck, even drive them to a bus stop. After school? Kids used to play for hours outside no matter what the weather. Now they are in structured activities or sitting in front of a screen.

So instead of parents whining about how little recess kids are getting, how about you keep up your end of the bargain at home. I am sure you have plenty of days you take away recess before and after school.

This is just ridiculous. School hours have been the same at every school everywhere forever? Every school has always had one (and only one) recess a day? Even SHOUTING nonsense doesn't make it believable.

Also, what we expect of our kids just isn't reasonable. I have a very sedentary desk job, but am up and down during the day-- in my manager's office, walking to the restroom, walking outside during lunch, moving around and chatting. Every couple of months, I end up with a day or two of training, and am struck sitting and watching someone drone on for 1 1/2 chunks of time, follow we'd by 15 minute breaks and a longer lunch break. And it is miserable to be stuck sitting for that long, with a limited ability to get up and move. It makes me feel so sorry for my ADHD kid-- I have no idea how he stands it. Certainly, making him sit still for an even longer chunk of time wouldn't solve anything. Seriously, walk a day in your kid's shoes-- sitting still at a desk for long periods of time, often in a room with 30 other kids, and report back.

You need to read The Collapse of Parenting by Dr. Sax.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My sons teacher makes the kids run laps during recess if they misbehave. I think this is brilliant.

That is a great idea. But that means the teacher has to be there or a volunteer to make sure it is done. And you know the helicopter mommies would swoop in to say it isn't fair, you are violating their rights, it embarrasses them, they are too out of shape to run, they deserve their own recess no matter what their behavior, etc... Schools can not win no matter what they decide, with the rotor mommies hanging on.