Do you remember growing up and playing outside until the street lights came on? Remember looking forward to chartoons on Satureday mornings because that was the only day of the week they were on. Or getting your neighborhood friends together for a game of kick ball?

As each generation goes by it seems things change more and more. Being outside seems like a thing of the past and the older they get the less time they spend outside. Don’t even think about telling them to walk to their friends because no way it is not happening. You might as well suggested they go pick up the dogs messes in the yard.

Chartoons and TV ar no longer just a Saturday morning thing. Nine times out of 10 we find our children either watching TV, playing video games, or texting. And we don’t even want to get into how inappropreate some of these shows and games are.

But we can help our teens become more physical and less “zombified”,(nice word huh). Our children need to see us as parents outside having fun or doing something besides sitting in front of the TV or computer.

Make a family night or better yet make a family weekend. Electronic (TV, Cell phone, video games ect.) free. And that means you as parents too. GO outside and spend some great quality family time.

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