It has been reported in the press that modern parents are spoiling their children. Grand-parents have been quoted as saying they are deeply concerned over how their grand-children are being brought up.

Many Grand-parents claim that when they became parents they were just left to their own  devices in bringing up their children and they feel that the parents of today are suffering from too much social pressure.

 Do we spoil our children and try too hard?Maybe we do, years ago as I was growing up, I remember enjoying baking with my grand-mother and even had fun helping my Grand-father in his vegetable allotment. Getting muddy and playing with worms and making mud pies are some of my fond childhood memories.

Do we now skip all the easy and simple pleasures of life and treat our children to an endless stream of activities that puts added stress upon us and our children. Managing to get to every activity on time with the correct clothing is not only a feat in itself but also expensive.

 Ballet, Karate, Swimming lessons, Spanish, Drama, Music and many others that cost us time and energy. Would we be better off financially and mentally if we picked our children up from school and took them home to enjoy an hour of gardening, baking, teaching them to knit or would we just be turning them into social outcasts?Is it time to get off the constant treadmill of their social activities and go back to the good old days?