3 ways kids can survive the harsh winter season this year has drawn many stuck in the house to their computers for a little rest and relaxation.

During the warm and sunny summer, there’s so much to do: camping, swimming, sunshine, drive-in movies, bike rides to the park, cookouts and beach parties. People are tan and smiling. What could be better?

But suddenly,  school starts and the leaves begin to fall. The world as we know it takes on a dirty appearance.  People begin to shuffle aimlessly through dingy hallways. Homeschoolers sit and cry when their friends no longer call during the day. Teachers spout pointless lessons, no longer is there gym class to get outside in the sun and worse – the food in the cafeteria looks like it has for more than 20 years.

Considering how miserable we were in the fall, and how much more miserable we’ve become in the winter, perhaps the average child needs a few hints on how to survive winter this year.

Ooooh, sounds like list time:

1. Try to find a regular event that you look forward to, such as morning Starbucks (just that word evokes happiness!) on Mondays and Tuesdays, because they are, undoubtedly, the worst days of the week and hard to get started. Try not to overindulge, or you’ll kill that paycheck you got from the part time job last week or the allowance your parents give you. If you don’t like coffee, set aside something you do enjoy, like a weekly movie at the cinema, or a secret meeting with your best friend.  Anything to keep your mind off the snow…ugh. Gross. Can you believe you thought it looked PRETTY in November!?

2. If you’re not already in a sport, join one! They are great time killers. You soon find yourself thinking of ways to better your skills and work out those abs, which takes your mind off the term paper due in a week. And think of the upside, when swimsuit season finally does roll around, you’ll be perfectly prepared, while your friends consider the “I-am-not-going-to-eat-for-two-weeks diet.” And when your mom yells for you to shovel the driveway again, you calmly reply, “Mother, you’re forgetting I had a game last night and a 6 a.m. practice this morning. Let my brother do it.”

3. If weekly treats aren’t your thing and you’re completely un-athletic, try crafting. Sewing, painting, sketching, pottery, glass work, papier-mâché, home-made lip balm, headbands, home-made soap— you see the possibilities are unlimited. Not to mention crafting can be addicting. You’ll find yourself constantly having this urge to finish your sock monkey collection. You’re not crafty, you say? Ha! Who said you had to be crafty to craft?

(And who says you must be athletic to play sports, and who told you that you have to be a cheerleader to ask Jake to see Avatar with you? Huh? They can go dig a hole.)

Keeping all of your mental ideas going is the name of the game.  And you too will see that just as suddenly as that first bell rang early in September,  spring will arrive. And now, you’ll have many more friends from all your winter activities!

Get going out there!

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