Do you think that there should be kids day in America?
461985
I used to ask my mother this question and she told me "everyday is kid's day."
455505
I am a grown man,but I remember homework,and I agree that it is not right.The education system is paid to teach our children and kids are required to spend,eight full hours a day of their lives in school.Five days a week,and three quarters of the year.Their time at home should be their FREE time.Tottally unconnected with school and schoolwork.If eight hours a day isn`t enough to teach them,then something is wrong with the system.
59154
Not really - I think that America's children are just as smart as any other country's.  However, it seems to me that America does not emphasize education for children as much as other countries do; so therefore, the intelligence as the youth grows up in America is lacking and behind those of other countries.  THAT's the key right there - if we, the people of the USA, concentrated on our children's education as much as we pay attention to the sports, the welfare of 3rd world countries, the next big movie, the latest American Idol, etc., etc. then I would daresay that our education would match any of the world powers.  Intelligence really cannot be quantified as such.  Knowledge, however, can be!
342744
"In America, no child should be left behind. Every child should be educated to his or her full potential. This proposal sets forth the Presidents proposed framework to accomplish that goal. This Administration will work with Congress to ensure that this happens quickly, and in a bipartisan manner"\n\nYet still- this issue remains unsolved.  I completely agree with you- why can't we Americans deal with this- as these are our future generations- we need them, educated and aware of the world around them!
1181825
Goverments should do it. They are set by the people to take care of the people? Unless of course you live in America.
515180
yes,depends on the environment and how you treat the kid.\nThey will learn as they grow older. Be nice to them.
858795
HECK YES.........i tghink today (the osu michigan game) should be a national holiday\n\ni totally agree with you.
298596
America is getting fat and lazy, that's what I see. Most of the children don't really even go out and play that much. They only play video games and watch television, and play on the computer. Alot of them are real smart-azzes and don't know how to really do anything. Playing on the computer isn't going keep everyone in America working. Somebody is going to have to do some of the work. This concerns me.
570752
I think that it should only be given to citizens and i also think that they should put a limit on how many children a person can have if they don't work or don't make enough $. i ain't rich and i have 3 kids and don't get any welfare.how come others can work to support there family?!
330388
If you are an American it is important, because we live here and raise our children here. If we better the country we better ourselves.
276712
not every day.  There should be a national naked day.
130421
Of course I would. No doubt about it.\nIts extremely important to teach kids at a young age that we are all humans and its just the packaging that's different. I'm mexican and my husband is white, my daughter is white and I could never teach my daughter different values.\nby the way she already has some interracial dolls ;)
818479
Yeah but I think it would be cool to have a new national holiday called NO DRIVING DAY.  One day per year no one could drive a motorized vehicle except for police, fire and ambulance.\nIf you had to get somewhere, you had to walk or ride a bike.  \nIt would give perspective of how good we have it and what politicians/city planners have to deal with.
838034
Please take note that I am a daycare worker and I hear what you are saying...\n\nI think that the lack of children's music in our society could be corrected, but only if people want to correct it.\n\nLook at it this way:\n\nI think that there should be a kids radio station.  We have channels on TV that are specific to just children for the better half of the day; we have childrens CD's that have just children's songs on them; we have movies that are just for children as well.  They are starting to come out with more things like a child's personal CD player.  But we also have a DVD player that just hooks up in the car.\n\nReading just what I put up there just goes to show that it's way easier to plunk a child in front of a visual product than just a listening product.  Children are more entertained by what they see than by what they hear.\n\nThere are so many points that could be brought to argument like infants liking music b/c they don't understand TV, children learning listening and memorization skills from music instead of just mindlessly watching a TV... etc, but a majority of the time, if you give the child the option between listening to music and watching a movie, they will probably choose the movie.  Sometimes, if you give YOURSELF the option, you would much rather put a movie on than listen to, "mom, i don't like/know this song.  change it."  And then you have the whole issue of listening to the same damn song over and over and over.  You get that with movies, but at least they are longer than the average 3 minutes!!\n\nMovies these days are getting better and better b/c there are more songs in a movie that a child will learn to recognize so that once they hear it on a CD, they will know where it came from.  If you flip it so that the child heard it only on the radio for a while and then heard the song in a movie, they would probably know the words, but could only sometimes tell you where the song came from other than "mommy's car."  For example: a child i used to work with LOVED Toy Story.  I played a few songs from the Toy Story movie before he even saw the movie.  He didn't even really acknowlege the music until after he had seen the movie.  "Hey! Buzz Lightyear!"\n\nThe point I am trying to get across is that it's been proven that children learn from visuals and playing.  Music can help aid in the learning, but it doesn't directly aid in the development in an expansive way.
718772
OH MY GOSH are you serious.......I really think that if you need to accomplish things in a day to feel good you need kids or animals.\n\nI have 5 children and sometimes i am lucky to get a shower every day. When you have kids that is your accomplishment. If you get through the day and still have 5 at the end of the day then you are good !! LOL
672024
How about stop teaching them to materialize every event of their life? How about a great family trip to Europe? Ok, a great family trip to somewhere interesting in america...can't think of anything intersting that isn't mediocre. It teaches them that they shouldn't expect prizes to do what they should be doing anyway. Just my two cents worth.
855971
I agree with you that there should be a balance.\nChildren need to be able to express their selves and their feeling's, but they need to do it in a respectful way. I think my husband and I are doing a good job of installing that in our children, and I only hope it stays with them throughout their life!