Activating Our Kids: How do you motivate a TV generation?
From video game systems, smartphones, smart televisions, and tablets, all of us are inundated with screens. The generation hardest hit with this plethora of screened entertainment is our children. Our kids have become “chained” to screens and the information that comes only through that avenue. As a result, our children are leading sedentary lives. If you would, please give us some tips on what we can do to get our children involved in healthier and more physical activity and away from television, tablets, video games, and the like.
As a parent and fitness enthusiasts keeping kids moving and active is extremely important. We can't expect our children to be active and fit if we as the parents are not. We have to set the example and lead the way. Some ways to get he kids away from the electronics to get outside and engage the kids in activities: walking together as a family, bike riding or playing basketball together. With the kids we work with at CrossFit 38:16 we keep fitness fun, by incorporating games they are used to such as Red Light Green Light, freeze tag, and musical chairs. These type of games keep the kids engaged and allows us as the instructors to add in fitness movements to each game. Again it starts with us the adults and parents to get them going first
From video game systems, smartphones, smart televisions, and tablets, all of us are inundated with screens. The generation hardest hit with this plethora of screened entertainment is our children. Our kids have become “chained” to screens and the information that comes only through that avenue. As a result, our children are leading sedentary lives. If you would, please give us some tips on what we can do to get our children involved in healthier and more physical activity and away from television, tablets, video games, and the like.
As a parent and fitness enthusiasts keeping kids moving and active is extremely important. We can't expect our children to be active and fit if we as the parents are not. We have to set the example and lead the way. Some ways to get he kids away from the electronics to get outside and engage the kids in activities: walking together as a family, bike riding or playing basketball together. With the kids we work with at CrossFit 38:16 we keep fitness fun, by incorporating games they are used to such as Red Light Green Light, freeze tag, and musical chairs. These type of games keep the kids engaged and allows us as the instructors to add in fitness movements to each game. Again it starts with us the adults and parents to get them going first
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