Hopefully, they are also giving them an experience of youth as a time of fun, risk taking and adventure.
On the whole, though, the ancient feast of Winter's Eve has regained its ancient character, as a dual time of fun and festivity, and of confrontation of the fears and discomforts inherent in life, and embodied especially in northern latitudes by the season of cold and dark.
The market economy of the 19th century enabled the concept of childhood as a time of fun of happiness.
Their first appearance in 2010 was a time of fun and inspiration for the duo.
"The blessing of the animals is a family event, a time of fun and joy," Archbishop Gomez said in a statement.
While summer should be a time of fun and relaxation, it has sadly brought tragedy to far too many families.
Hindu men and women -- as those from other traditions -- have complex and contextual practices on gender issues, but Navratri is largely a time of fun and celebration with active participation of girls, women and goddesses.
It's as though, as the American political class has watched its real control over the course of events slowly ebb, a collusion of desperation has broken out among them: "The time of fun and waste is over," as the 9/11 terrorists put it.
Times of spirited fun and playful competition bond us and bring us closer together.
