Comments on: The War on Fun—How Modern Culture is KILLING Creativity

By: Ron Seybold

Ron Seybold — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 20:13:54 +0000

Reblogged this on The Write Stuff and commented: Okay, so I just discovered Kristen Lamb. I'm probably one of the last, but she's great. This column reverberates in my memory-bones. We had full days of unsupervised play as kids. (Yup, back in the '60s, but still...) Play is so essential to being comfortable with the overwhelming choices in making stories. Anyway, read what she's got to say about the Power of Play.

By: Madelaine Bauman (@MadBauman)

Madelaine Bauman (@MadBauman) — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 03:00:26 +0000

That cover is AWESOME! 😀 The L-1000?

Lol. I remember playing house as a kid and riding our bikes in the neighbor’s paved driveway (it was big and grass-less) and going to the park. Things definitely changed with the creation of computers though, I remember playing outside less.

Suddenly have the urge to colour. Bought myself a coloring book and crayons recently–yes, even at 22 I still like to color. Lol. Helps me relax.

By: lonestarjake88

lonestarjake88 — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 15:46:03 +0000

I don’t think that the world wants us to remove fun altogether, they just don’t want it to be spontaneous. Everything has to be neatly advertised. It is hard for me because I am an ISTJ, so I WANT everything to be planned. I even postpone telling my wife about things I’ve planned for us so it seems spontaneous. LoL!
However, I do like to have fun. I like reading comic books (and regular books), watching movies, swimming, karate, artwork, and writing. Those are just a few, but it’s true. I remember my wife came to me and said “Let’s go out of town just for the day.” It was

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By: Raani York

Raani York — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 21:15:52 +0000

You know… I have to admit: I do enjoy the fun. Whatever I consider to be fun and funny! I do Martial Arts for fun (yes, it can be dead useful too (pun intended) and I had to use it a couple times) – but I don’t do it for gain. I am childlike sometimes – even childish and enjoy every minute of it. I do have a category in my blog “Raani’s Funny Corner”… there some of the things I do for fun and amusement are told… I definitely believe, life is just serious enough – I need to laugh. – And that’s what I do.

By: M T McGuire

M T McGuire — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 15:54:42 +0000

Cracking post. Many of my friends think I’m a bit touched because I believe it’s a GOOD thing that McMini doesn’t get homework. He’s six. He shoes no after school groups because after school he’s knackered. So he comes home and plays, or we play.

John Cleese achieved some mileage as a work place guru. He said that if you want people to be truly productive you must give them time to play. He is so right. And which country is doing best in the education stakes? Latvia, where kids are encouraged to learn about what interests them, where school days are shorter and nobody has homework until they’re 14.

Cheers

MTM

By: justanotherdecade

justanotherdecade — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 12:07:52 +0000

Play outside? Yuck! Never did like the great outdoors. But, give me craft supplies, baking items, books, and musical instruments and I can play all day.
Some parents simply don’t know how to “just be” with their kids. As a family, we’d all sit around and read, especially when the temps dropped below zero. I was always amazed at the number of parents I came across who said their kids didn’t like to be read to. Ever. Seriously?
Thanks for the play reminder.

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By: donnajeanmcdunn

donnajeanmcdunn — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 21:10:36 +0000

So, it IS okay when I say I write for fun? Who knew?

By: Marian Methner, B.S., D.Min.

Marian Methner, B.S., D.Min. — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 17:36:01 +0000

I flipped back to your blog about Zombies this morning for a quote for my blog title “fairy tales for our time” after reading another novel that included 9.11, and read your “cultural war on creativity.” Last night I ran the tub for my 8 year old grandson, who’d returned from a marshmallow roast birthday party, so he could wash his sweaty, sun-browned body and “scrub those black feet” before he crawled into bed exhausted from playing outside all day. Granted he took his “pad” into the bathroom and turned on the music from MindCraft before he got into the tub. Earlier his older sister and I rode our bikes from their house to mine and ate take out Thai on the floor of my back porch. Then she wove fabric scraps into my hammock as she listened to Hunger Games on her “phone.” Their parents who’d been off off sailing with friends, came in long after the porch lights came on.
I’m 71. My mom worked nights and my dad repaired TVs. They taught us to swim, ice skate on frozen lakes in Michigan, took us on picnics and camping, and fishing. We were shooed outside all day in the summer – until the porch lights came on. We’re clearly some of the lucky ones – carry on having fun with Spawn!!