I absolutely agree. I had a ritual of a bike ride after dinner, even when the kids were babies and it continued. Rituals are good too, they build great habits.

I found that if you kept your kids active and busy, without overdoing it, they had less time to get in trouble or have trouble finding them... Idle hands and all. I found football league (or soccer) tennis and my girls even volunteered at a horse barn to muck the stall if they could ride for free. That was a win-win and they loved it.

I agree wholeheartedly!

!tip