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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.  [/quote]

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. [/quote]

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. [/quote]

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