Comments on: Playgroups: Aerobics for Kids

By: dadventure.ca - » Feeling a bit SAHD

dadventure.ca - » Feeling a bit SAHD — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:57:17 +0000

[...] I know I am preaching to the converted here, but Dad’s, if you ever have the slightest opportunity to take a sabbatical from work, adjust your hours, telecommute, whatever it may be to spend time with your kids, do it. I feel my daughter and I have started down the path of forging a deep relationship, thanks in no small part to the time we spent counting leaves, doing kiddie aerobics, riding the bus, playing in the park and general hanging out. [...]

By: Clint

Clint — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 04:30:02 +0000

Someday I hope to find perfect playgroup Nirvana, Dave…someday…where the girl and I are in perfect synch with the other kids in the class and I stop looking like the only square in circle time.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 03:30:32 +0000

This is exactly why I love the two playgroups we go to. It’s completely laid back and relaxed. If the kids want to listen to the stories and sing the songs, great. If they want to wander around and find something else to do, that’s perfectly ok as well. I love it.

By: Maria

Maria — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 00:26:31 +0000

I quite agree! I think it’s all part of the ‘competitive parenting’ syndrome that seems determined to suck even the most mild mannered of parents into its evil vortex. “Hmph! If you were a GOOD parent, you’d have been bringing your child to playgroup since she was in utero and you would KNOW what you’re supposed to do! You’ve probably been abandoning her in front of the television and feeding her Cocoa Puffs all this time”