Once Upon a Fish Wish
October 9, 2008 by Kristina Chew, PhD
Filed under Health
The summer swimming season in New Jersey is pretty much confined to a few months; while the water is warm now, there’s no lifeguards in the fall. To be amid a lot, a lot of water, nothing like an aquarium; Charlie’s enjoyed a couple of visit to the New Jersey State Aquarium and notices more and more with each visit. Fish Wish is program run by the Georgia Aquarium. Yesterday’s 11alive notes the calming influence of the aquarium on autistic children who’ve visited through the program (though a reference to autistic kids as “being in a world all to themselves” has shades of outdated notions of them being locked in their own world). But still, always good to be surrounded by all that water, even behind glass.
The summer camp my boys have been attending for 8 years has field trips and for the younger kids they always do the Zoo and the Long Beach Aquarium.
We go to the aquarium in Long Beach every Saturday. It is our moment of zen every week.
Zen we could use here for sure.
As you know, life is very hectic and we all need somewhere that is safe and my son can be himself. The best place for that, outside of home is the aquarium. Yes, Zen is good