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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

[b]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.[/b] 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]

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.  [/quote]

+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?  [/quote]

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