My favorite time of day is Story Time, where as a family we read a
chapter from a book together. I mean, I read it. And because I'm the
reader, I get to choose, and I learned long ago to please myself in
this process. Right now we're reading a book about a family living in WWII-era Washington D.C.
Ooh, sounds boring, huh? Actually it's quite good, and what I like best
about it is that the family of five kids is largely left to its own
devices most of the time, roaming the neighborhood or simply playing
outside somewhere. I'm reminded of my own childhood when kids pretty
much did the same: after breakfast you went out and came back for
lunch. We walked to the candy store, to the toy store, to the pool, or
we rode our bikes everywhere. We were outside all day. Weren't you?
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