Kids banging on a log! Credit: sbs.com.au
I remember a time growing up where our parents would let us outside to run free and have fun! We would go and discover many things and at times get in trouble along the way nothing to serious though.
Looking back I think I learned quite a bit while playing outside in the neighborhood. I learned to make friends, play stickball, football as well as basketball. It was how we spent our time outside keeping active and on very hot days we would jump on our bikes and make the trek to Orchard Beach for a dip in the cold waters of the Long Island Sound.
But as I look around at these young kids today I notice that especially in school that kids are no longer going to recess. No longer outside playing or riding bikes much like I did back in my day.
We have grown so paranoid that we watch our kids like Hawks and because of this we are hampering them from really enjoying their youth which in turn helps them grow into well adjusted adults. Kids are extremely bored these days as all they do is either play on their smartphones, play video games and eat junk food making themselves fat and unhealthy.
Instead these Kids look to us to provide them with entertainment and when we do not provide them with constant entertainment these kids get bored and when kids are extremely bored they get into not so nice things. Like Bullying or fighting while putting them up on You Tube. If we let these kids run around on their own merits now they would not be able to have fun on their own.
Which is why while I was browsing I came across a Video that talks about the importance of letting Kids run free outside to learn and discover the outside world. Where they can learn to socialize as well as measure risks.
Being a Father myself to a 7 year old I think its very important to teach kids how to have fun and explain things while they are out there.
Anyway here is the video!
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