ummmm...I am well aware the book I referred to is not a study. However it resonated with me personally and addressed the issue being discussed. Clever marketer or not, his ideas may be helpful to other parents on this forum. Really don't get the need to bring Palin into this conversation?
Clearly kids need more time outside, the whole nature deficit thing, etc. etc. My only point was that if kids aren't surrounded by stuff in their rooms, that they will also have to "use what you find and make it work instead of finding the stuff you have to use". That unstructured free time without being surrounded by all of the stuff marketed to our kids allows them to use creativity to address boredom. And since, for various reasons, I think most of us would agree that most of our kids don't get enough time outside, it might make sense to evaluate how to change the environment inside.
