When spring break or summer vacation roll around, many parents may wonder what to do to keep their kids busy. These tips are great for any time of year, however, and a few will even work for winter! The reason I took the time to come up with one hundred ideas was to help parents connect with their children AND keep kids busy without using television and video games as a means of entertainment. I strongly believe that media, video games and television are terrible for kids...especially when over used by parents as a means of keeping their kids occupied. Sure, there are times it is OK or even a great thing... however, in this techno crazy time we live in, it is WAY overdone and kids do not even play or use their imaginations anymore! Anyway, use what works for you and your family. There are tips for just the kids, you with the kids, older and younger working together and family stuff too! Obviously, some are age specific and others gender specific. However, there are enough ideas … [Read more...]