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Spending time with family makes a difference

April 23, 2008

A second Incline High School student submitted a blog this week. Like Alex, he is concerned with parents who spend a lot of time at work and little with the family. However, he writes that his parents are involved, and he’s grateful for that.

By Johnny Luna

Incline High School

Many teenagers have parents who always work and barely spend any time with their children. It is not that the parents don’t want to, it is just that the parents need to work in order to maintain the family.

In my family, my dad makes time for me and my family by planning camping trips or going to the park. Doing these activities really makes a close relationship.

I always enjoy spending family time and am grateful. I know that there are many teens in Incline that don’t spend enough family time. I just wish there was some way I could help those people.

Sometimes, when I want to go and do activities with my friends, they say yes. But they get sad when they see that I always do fun activities with my family.

Some parents don’t really know their kids because they don’t spend enough time with them. Some kids get involved in many problems, from gangs to drugs.

I wish there was a way that parents or people could help these kids.

 

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