March, 2008
by Shannon K. Spellman, M.S.W.
Do your kids have Spring fever? It starts happening about this time of year when there are a few warm beautiful days and they don't want to go to school or do any work of any kind. They just want to play. Maybe you feel the same way. I know I do.
Well, go with it. Schedule a Saturday Spring Fever Day. Skip the dishes, skip the trash, forget the laundry, and lose the vacuum. Instead, pack up the kids and go play for the day. Take the toys if you have them, or just take yourselves, but get outdoors with your teenagers and have some fun.
Make it physical if you can because it burns up some of that Spring fever energy and feeds the soul at the same time. Besides, the more you try and force against their resistance, the bigger the battle you'll have so just give it up for a day and go outside and play.
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