The Simple Life

Loving Children We often hear political speeches from those who pull at our heartstrings with rhetoric about the children of our nation being our greatest asset. We hear of the need for better education and concern for the epidemic of obesity. Our children seem to be over-medicated, yet not healthy, over-stimulated, yet bored with life, and over-scheduled, yet under achieving. Our children are being destroyed in a culture that is addicted to the indoors, electronics, and passivity. The real problem or tragedy may be that a measurable improvement in their lives can be achieved with some solutions that are easily available to all. Children are sponges for information, and in the information age of which we’re a part, we need to guard what information they absorb. We carefully watch over what our children absorb when it comes to food and air, but often do not show a concern for what they absorb into their minds. It is not just tainted food or polluted air th