“They
have one of the most popular Childrens’ museum here”, JF says, eagerly
searching what to do in Houston after the girls finally crashed from
their dolls’ high and while I am reading my favorite blogs. “Hmm-hmm, I
reply evasively, hoping the idea would turn into something else”. To be
honest, I thought we came to Houston only to get the dolls and leave. I
was ready to be on the coast and dip my feet in the sea. So visiting a
jam packed children's museum on a beautiful and hot sunny Saturday, when I
could be on a beach... let’s just say I was not super enthusiastic, but
it felt like JF wanted to visit some of the attractions in Houston with the girls.
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There even was a small city where children could “play adult real life”. They received a debit card and there were real ATM where they withdrew and deposited money and they could go grocery shopping, go to the restaurant and more! It did not sit really well with me, but the girls had a blast at the grocery store, so I kept my I-can’t-believe-we-came-to-a-big-private-company-financed-museum-that-create-good-little-consumers judgment to myself, sat on a bench, closed my eyes and tried to do some deep breathing while JF was showing the girls how to operate the cash register. Mind you, it’s not the type we had with fake money and a crank when we were kids. It’s a touch-screen computer with every article in separate categories with a real scan for bar codes!
magnifique cette photo de ta fille et ce singe...et sa reflexion!
ReplyDeleteil a l'air d'un vieux sage ton singe. un vieux sage qui vient de lire ton post et ce demande "où s'en va le monde".
ReplyDeletej'ai eu EXACTEMENT le même feeling que toi en allant pour la première (et ce sera la dernière c,est sûr) fois au musée des enfants à ... Laval beach!
quelle HORREUR!
des dizaines de CPE, du bruit du bruit du bruit. du n'importe quoi comme sur stimulation. j'ai détesté l'expérience.
je préfêre de loin l'écomuséum de pointe claire. là j'irai 10 fois sans problèmes!
ta réflexion est très profonde et juste, tout devient hyper actif et faut tout expliquer aux enfants le plus vite possible.
c'est grave.
vraiment grave.
dans quel monde vit-on! comme diraient les vieux :O)
au moins avec tout ce plein air que vous faites vos filles sont bourrées de belles choses, grandioses, lentes et "meaningfull".
gros becs
jo
Merci les filles! Oui, Jo, quelle horreur!
ReplyDeleteOooohhhh! So true!!! I couldn't agree more!!! Thank you so much for writing about this! I am glad to know that I am not the only one thinking this. We just got back from Ottawa and so many of the Museums I enjoyed visiting as a child have changed so much! They now have computer screens, buttons to push, interactive displays (everywhere you turn, one after the other!) to run to and from (and even climb into) and the noise ! The experience is anything but educational. Confusing and hyper-active is indeed the best way to describe it. And YES, IT DOES SAY A LOT ABOUT HOW CHILDREN ARE PERCEIVED TODAY!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sarah! I am also glad to know that other moms out there think the same thing!!
ReplyDeletetoujours tres agreable la lecture de ce blog.... je t avais deja ecris, tu connais anne et arnaud de la ferme cadetroussel, nos enfants vont a la meme ecole waldorf.... de chambly, la commission scolaire a decide de ne pas renouveller la demande d ecole a volet particulier l an prochain... nous sommes tous en deuil.. et cherchons de l aide, du soutien de toute la communauté waldorf, je voulais t en faire part... une page facebook a ete cree que nous essayons de propager partout !.... https://www.facebook.com/pages/Aidez-l%C3%A9cole-de-la-Roseli%C3%A8re-%C3%A0-garder-la-p%C3%A9dagogie-Waldorf/481211318599084?fref=ts, je t en remercie d avance... et bonne route a vous autres !
ReplyDeleteI'm so totally with you, Catherine!
ReplyDeleteJe partage tout à fait ton analyse, je me sens vite mal dans ces endroits, malheureusement mon mari est pareil ;o) ce qui fait qu'on y va rarement, très rarement.
ReplyDeleteLa photo de ce singe et de ta fillle...wow, bouleversante.
Merci Catherine
Totally agree~ I'd be there with you breathing through the craziness of it all. That pic with the monkey is ah-maze-ing by the way!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is really good Catherine. I could identify with so much of what you said. Mostly right now I'm fed up with our society. And it's making me cranky (smile). I'm fed up with the way kids are educated (or not). I'm fed up with so much info, so much stimuli. I find myself wantint to retreat further and further into the way I want to live and having a hard time making sense of everything. I feel a bit of the overwhelm (with society in general) like you felt at the museum. Anyway, this comment is going in a dfferent directiont than I wanted, so I'll stop. Basically I just don't get why people want to keep moving on the treadmill called "normal family life" (which I see represented in the experiences you had at the museums). Does this really meet people's needs. Are we just so disconnected from our real needs for love, nourishment, relationship, adventure and challenging opportunities that we look to this kind of stuff? Sorry to be so inarticulate but this has been rumbling around in my head for sometime and I haven't been able to give words to it. But you touched on it here.
ReplyDeleteRenee, I totally relate to what you say here... This is actually one of the main reason I wanted to leave and travel... it feels less lonely to travel than to be home surrounded by people buzzing around us and feeling like we are drifting away more and more... It is hard and I feel so sad about that, so sad for the children especially... I think you should write something about that Renee... You write so eloquently...
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