How Kids Entertain Themselves
We did not have much in the way of video games when I was a kid. We had arcade games, but you had to be at an actual arcade or maybe the local Pizza Hut to play them. My dad had Pong and my friend Kathleen had Intellevision. That was it. Other wise, we actually went outside and rode our bikes, built forts in the woods, made dams in the little creeks out by the park, roller-skated, and sat in the willow trees and read. That was how I and the other neighborhood kids kept ourselves occupied when I was young.,
Now, I have to battle my daughter to get her to play with something aside from online computer games and watching television. She loves her dolls and books, but not as much as she loves the fact that at her dad’s house he lets her play with his xbox 360.
How can I compete? I am after her all of the time to be active and run. She thinks my idea of fun is boring. Despite that, I am going to continue to keep on her about being outside and being active, because I want her to have effortless fitness. I want her to be able to see that with the right amount of physical activity she can eat a healthy amount of food and still look great. I want her to LIKE being active, derive joy from movement and activity. Why is that such a battle?
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