Cancer Survivor, writing about Health and Fitness as you age

Over New Years I visited with a cousin M of mine. She was very interested in finding out if we still had Lucas on his regimented schedule. Apparently she thought that that was a bad thing (mind you, this particular cousin has no children). Now, even though I have 4 timers going in the morning to get us through the breakfast-dress-and-drop-to-school routine, I feel we are much less restrictive than we used to be. (Are you still stuck on the 4 timers?) As I explained to her, really the only thing we are basically uncompromising about is his sleep. He watches more TV, plays more video games and is forced to eat less of his food than his peers (or so I believe). But he has to be in bed and lights out by 8:00pm..maybe 8:10 on a weekend and if we are really crazy - 8:15 on holidays. (July 4th, sleep-overs and international travel are exceptions). Anyways, I thought about what M said, and it struck me, she said, "... we weren't on a strict schedule and we turned out ok."...