• Turn off the tube. Institute a “TV-goes-off-an-hour-before-bed” rule. This is a quick and easy way to
carve out a little more family time each day.
• Take all your vacation days. Studies have shown that most Americans don’t use all their allotted vaca-
tion time. Block the time out early in the year, make it sacred, and avoid taking work with you.
• Encourage unstructured play. Noncompetitive sports and outdoor activities offer kids just as much exer-
cise and involve activities that kids are likely to pursue as they get older.
• Avoid unnecessary debt. Accumulating credit-card and home-equity debt increases the temptation to
work overtime to pay it off.
RESOURCE
BOOKS
The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure by Juliet Schor (Basic, 1993). This celebrated
analysis of the American work culture shows how we’re actually working longer now than in the 1970s and
KIDS EA
T
FREE
…or pretty close
how it’s hurting us.
Beau Jo’s Doc’s Texas Land & Cattle
Putting Family First: Successful Strategies for Reclaiming Family Life in a Hurry-Up World by William Doherty,
100 N College, Fort Collins 2225 W Eisenhower, Loveland 100 W Troutman Pkwy, Ft. Collins
PhD, and Barbara Carlson (Holt, 2002). Shows how overscheduling and overwork threaten family life and offers
Kids eat for half price on Mon. Kids eat for $1.00 Kids eat free with adult purchase
498-8898 669-7377 on Sun.
solid advice about how to de-schedule and slow down.
Buffalo Wild Wings Jackson’s All American
225-6284
Your Money or Your Life by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin (Penguin, 1999). The classic text on how to gain
150 E Harmony Rd, Fort Collins Austins American Grill
control of your financial resources and find more time for things that matter.
Kids eat for $.99, eat in only
Sports Grill
2815 East Harmony Rd, Ft. Collins
226-9464
925 Harmony Rd, Fort Collins
Kids eat free until 5pm
Kids East Free w/ adult purchase
Take Back Your Time: Fighting Overwork and Time Poverty in America, edited by John de Graaf (Berrett-Koe-
Texas Roadhouse
226-6532
on Wed.
hler, 2003). A collection of essays about how time poverty affects Americans and what we can do about it.
4633 Timberline Rd, Fort Collins 330-3400 McGraff’s
Kids eat free with/adult purchase
Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic by John de Graaf, David Wann and Thomas Naylor (Berrett-Koehler,
on Tues.
Applebees
1602 E Eisenhower, Loveland
Kids eat free all day, everyday
2005). A humorous look at the effects of overconsumption in America, including loss of family time. (Ranger meals excluded)
4306 S College Ave, Fort Collins
669-8847
207-0006
Kids eat for $.99 with adult purchase
The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness by Dave Ramsey (Thomas Nelson, 2003). This
225-1041 HuHot Mongolian Grill
3 Margaritas
straightforward plan for becoming debt-free and building wealth helps free people from the work-spend cycle.
3400 S College, Fort Collins
Old Chicago
249 S College Ave, Fort Collins
Children 3 & under eat free
Kids eat free w/adult purchase
4709 S Timberline, Fort Collins
all week!
WEB Take Back Your Time (www.timeday.org) — A North American initiative to challenge time poverty and
225-3811
Kids eat free after 4pm with adult
416-0555
overwork in America. The organization is currently working on the issues of paid family leave, paid sick leave
purchase Thur.
Chick-Fil-a 207-9456
and paid vacation time.
Send us an email if you know of
215 e Foothills Pkwy, Fort Collins
other fine establishments that offer
Kids eat free 5-8pm w/adult purchase
CB & Potts
Putting Family First (www.puttingfamilyfirst.org) — The Minnesota-based organization offers advice on reduc- cheap or free dinner for kids!!
282-0836
1415 W Elizabeth, Fort Collins
ing the overscheduling of children, reclaiming dinner time and more.
Kids east for $1.00 with adult
purchase on Sat.
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