My Connections to Play

When I was younger, everyone supported play. My parents would always allow my siblings and myself to go outside and play.  I remember being playing bus in the trees with my siblings. My sister was the driver and we use to sit in the tree on limbs which were the seats on the bus. We yused a lot of pretend play. Play is a lot different now than when I was growing up. When I look at the children today, they don't go outside anymore because of all he technology that's available to them such as video games and computers.There is not physical play unless they are at school and that's why there is so much obesity in children today. I feel that parents need to make sure that their child is getting some physical play each day or at least 3-4 times a week to keep the child healthy. One of my favorite things to play with was jumping rope. I use to win all of the jumpping rope contest that I play with my family and friends.

Relationship Reflection

 Each of us has a variety of relationships with other people in our lives. Then we have friends, people we communicate regularly with. All of us have friends at work, in our neighborhoods, at our schools or in our church. I have many aquaintances because I have 8 sisters and 2 brothers so I've always had several friends right in my home.

Research shows that people who have a strong social network tend to live longer, the heart and blood pressure of people with healthy relationships respond better to stress, strong social networks are associated with a healthier endocrine system and healthier cardiovascular functioning, and healthy social networks enhance the immune system's ability to fight off infectious diseases.

The relationship can be a business relationship and a casual relationship. In the pictures above, I showed family realtionships. In the first picture, it's my daughter and me.  In the second picture is my brother and I.  The third picture is my son, husband and myself. another loveof my life. We have a mother-daughter relationship that I really love. The fourth picture is my son and my two nephews. All of these people play a big role in my life.