Country Life Experiences Can Enrich a Child's Life

It's hard to be a kid these days. When I was a child growing up in small-town Texas, we would head out the door each morning of our summer vacation and be outside all day. Even then, when we were called in at the end of the day, we reluctantly went inside. Kids these days sit slack-jawed and glassy-eyed in front of the television, playing video or computer games and messing around with their smart phones. I've seen them as young as 10 years of age fiddling around with their very own smart phones. The other day I asked an acquaintance what she got her 5-year-old for Christmas. She said, "You're gonna think I'm crazy, but I got him a smart phone; he can play games on it"... SERIOUSLY!!!?. And, yes, I do think she's crazy.