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No doubt. My dad forced me outside when I was little. I appreciate it now but at the time I could of swore he was up to something inside lol!I won't get into a debate, but in my personal opinion the problem isnt the kids. My dad would get us up on weekends to go fishing and hunting. We would play baseball. I would go play golf with my grandfather. Seems like a lot of parents today just want their kids to be quiet and not annoy them so they plop them in front of a device and then do what makes them happy.
This is exactly the problem, and I'm guilty of it myself. Also, electronics aren't just just a problem for kids but for adults too.I won't get into a debate, but in my personal opinion the problem isnt the kids. My dad would get us up on weekends to go fishing and hunting. We would play baseball. I would go play golf with my grandfather. Seems like a lot of parents today just want their kids to be quiet and not annoy them so they plop them in front of a device and then do what makes them happy.
I won't get into a debate, but in my personal opinion the problem isnt the kids. My dad would get us up on weekends to go fishing and hunting. We would play baseball. I would go play golf with my grandfather. Seems like a lot of parents today just want their kids to be quiet and not annoy them so they plop them in front of a device and then do what makes them happy.
I won't get into a debate, but in my personal opinion the problem isnt the kids. My dad would get us up on weekends to go fishing and hunting. We would play baseball. I would go play golf with my grandfather. Seems like a lot of parents today just want their kids to be quiet and not annoy them so they plop them in front of a device and then do what makes them happy.
I'm sure there were perverts that preyed on children all through the ages. However, it seems to have gotten out of hand lately (8 year old's body was found in a dumpster Monday 15 year old arrested).
I showed this to my 11 year old son. He's of the same ilk as the kids in the video- always playing games, on an iPad, etc. Sadly, to change things and get him outside to play with friends, we have to wait until evening when we get home from work as not one of his classmates lives within an acceptable bicycle ride-range of our house... Stinks. It hit me when I watched it knowing one of mine does t get outside and adventure. Pretty sad. My son's reaction was, "Yeah, but I can get kidnapped or hurt by someone else if I go off and play somewhere." Well, true, but... I need to get him outside, for sure!!!
Wow, hits close to home for me
We rarely watched TV growing up and NFL football games were listened to on the radio while we were outside. Friends in college would talk about TV shows I never watched because we were constantly outside.I won't get into a debate, but in my personal opinion the problem isnt the kids. My dad would get us up on weekends to go fishing and hunting. We would play baseball. I would go play golf with my grandfather. Seems like a lot of parents today just want their kids to be quiet and not annoy them so they plop them in front of a device and then do what makes them happy.
When i was little and growing up in WNY the winters were crazy and it would be easy to hunker down so i can understand that. My dad got me into skiing and skating so i quickly stopped hating the winter and always wanted to go out and get some laps in or play hockey. Its definitely easy to hate the cold if one doesn't have a winter hobby but if you can get them interested in some kind of snow sport, you won't be able to keep them from wanting out haha.As I watch this with my son in the other room playing a video game. I let it slide maybe more than I should in the winter up here but the video certainly hit a little too close to home for me as well.
When i was little and growing up in WNY the winters were crazy and it would be easy to hunker down so i can understand that. My dad got me into skiing and skating so i quickly stopped hating the winter and always wanted to go out and get some laps in or play hockey. Its definitely easy to hate the cold if one doesn't have a winter hobby but if you can get them interested in some kind of snow sport, you won't be able to keep them from wanting out haha.