Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:39 pm
me too, they should at LEAST be doing some constructive studying if they wont go do physical stuff
NO one NEEDS to play ANY games 24 hours or even more then half an hour a day. Here Ill state my claim alittle more practically.Directive wrote:I still don't think its all lazyness. All the stuff we mentioned is OK in moderation. Going to the movies is fine because most movies are about 2 hours long, then go play. As for saying video games have nothing to do with it, your wrong. Vedio games should have nothing to do with it but the kids who complaine they are being restricted, or who are getting all the games they need to play 24/7 is what makes video games have something to do with it.
You have kid A who loves to watch these television shows. The shows run around 5 or so hours total each day.
You have kid B who loves to play online games like on pogo or something. He spends 4 hours daily.
You have kid C who loves to read comic books, he reads for 2-3 hours daily.
You have kid D who loves to draw or read.
All 4 of these kids are more then likely not getting anywhere near the physcial activity you should each day. All 4 are probably not as smart as one would hope with their eating decisions and only 1 of the 4 are using the computer, moreover videogames as their timesink. No matter what they are doing, its what their NOT doing that counts. And like I said, a parent has to feed his child... but not pizza and cake and fast food and soda and chips.