not a bad idea, but

[lamboguy]

will it get more people to show up to the gym and get themselves in shape so that they don't have to go to the butcher doctors for their sickness when they get sick. https://ihrsa.quorum.us/campaign/7379/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=61256212&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9oCQiF8QR4BcMK1AFHtGoi3SSO_85e91IKnDXo57QOJttQC1Ul GfY0Dhd0gLlRUcnm7GATPVBYsddyaETiZEUFXvBaNQ&_hsmi=61256212

[Inner Dirt]

Too late for me as physical activities actually destroyed my body so I can no longer work out. Not everyone who has health problem or out of shape is because of being lazy and having poor habits. On the other hand if this helps get junior off the coach and going to play real basketball instead of video basketball I am all for it.

The attachment to video games in this day and age is beyond crazy as far as I am concerned. In the last half dozen years I have had 5 different young men between the ages of 16-22 in my house, they all played video games here bringing their own systems. They all played shooting games, while they were doing it I asked if any of them would be interested in being taught how to use a real gun, only one of them showed any interest. I live in the woods on 10 acres and I can target shoot right in the backyard. Every time the one guy visited he wanted to go shoot cans off the tree stumps, the other 4 played the shooting video game.

[oughtoh]

Totally agree with your firstly paragraph. My kids were never allowed to play with video games as kids, we went outside and played instead

[barahona44]

About a year ago, I heard a radio station ask a question for people to phone in with an answer to win a prize.The question was " This is something 75 % of current 18 year olds have never done?".

The answer "Ride a bicycle".

At first, I thought that couldn't be correct.But then I realized I rarely see kids ride bicycles anymore.When I was living in Massachusetts, there were 5 families on my street, out of 16 or so households, that had kids that would be of bike riding age.Only the two boys next door, whose parents put limits on TV and video games and have them involved in youth sports, Boy Scouts, etc. rode bicycles.

We're raising a generation of indoor cats and they're not learning to hunt mice.

[PaceAdvantage]

Part of the reason for this is that parents are scared to death to let their children of bike riding age out of their sight for 5 seconds.

The internet has scared everyone into thinking there is a child molestor/abductor/killer behind every tree...thus, kids aren't allowed, like we were, to just take our bikes, go out, and be back by dinner.

Besides, any parent who would allow that is likely to be arrested for neglect (I kid, but only just a little bit...would not be surprised in some communities).

That and video games...:lol:

[JustRalph]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/02/21/free-range-kids-finally-one-state-lets-kids-grow-up-without-helicopter-parents/349501002/

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