A recent study by the National Trust found that children spend half the time playing outside than their parents did. The study showed that children are playing outside for an average of just over four hours a week. This compares with over 8 hours a day for their parents when they were children.
We want kids to be kids. Outdoor playtime helps them become healthy, active, and sociable beings. But accidents happen, even in places they are supposed to be safe and should be having fun while playing.
Today, we’ve come a long way from potentially-maiming playground conditions to actually recognizing and meeting safety standards. Kids can still be kids without having their freedom to play cut short or taken away altogether. Parents and guardians everywhere can rest assured that the playgrounds won’t harm their little ones.
Hurricane Harvey has come and gone. In its destructive wake are millions of dollars worth of damages in affected areas - including uprooted trees, deroofed houses, submerged plantations, and even entire homes washed off from foundations. It is now considered the third most expensive tropical cyclone in US history. One thing that may not have been as badly affected is rubber mulch.
Pinterest is the social media platform that presents inspiration in a visual way. It’s easy to “pin” stuff that catches your fancy and use them as reference later on (while “defining” who you are to your followers). Surprisingly, there are lots of useful and practical info presented in a pegboard manner which you can apply to everyday life - even gardening! Here are a few of our favorites that actually work wonderfully well.
Kids are too clean these days. They prefer to handle plastic and chrome gadgets instead of dirt and mud. They choose to interact with things virtually instead of in real life. It’s a pity because children have a natural curiosity that could lead them to awareness, and consequently, to caring for the environment.