HS student time usage: unscheduled leisure

TheDad
Thu, 30 Dec 2004 02:51:23 +0000

Ballet soaked up most of my D’s discretionary time though computer games such as “Baldur’s Gate” and “Civilization” are her relaxations of choice. She’s spending a fair chunk of her time home right now fiddling around with Dungeons & Dragons stuff, world building and character building.

My one concern–maybe it’s just a strong preference–would be if your son isn’t doing much recreational reading, which pays off in so many ways, even if some of it is “slumming” as with my D’s penchant for YA fantasy.

A final caution: to much of this generation, “hand on experimentation” involves the opposite sex and I don’t mean with rocketry.