Read the sad news from Denmark, that 46% of all young men are not fit enough to join the army. If they are overweight, the army can deal with that, unless it is obese levels, but they are being rejected due to poor knees, backs, posture and asthma just to mention a few other things. Back in the days when I did my time, we would have people trying to avoid the conscript system by faking an injury - but now some men are looking forward to joining but they cant, they are simply too de-conditioned, too mangled from our lifestyle. And this was when I was looking at getting the girls a small tablet for Christmas. I really dont see the point of giving kids tablets at the age of 5-8, yeah,yeah, they are good for educational purpose and yes, I cant stop technology, but they would be the only reasons I would accept. I suspect the real reasons would be most parents are using them to get some quite time themselves! Why dont you go and play with your Ipad aka, shut up and get out of my hair! But with what we know about evolution, the importance of play for body development and coordination - yeah sure you get great eye-hand coordination from using a tablet, but you are missing out in so many areas. I wonder how many kids will develop severe kyphosis from always looking down on a screen? So, sorry kids, I am not giving in for peer pressure and doing what everyone else is doing. I will instead give you more of my time to play with you and teach you. And for the record, I do give my kids my Ipad for them to use to watch ABC or YouTube songs - yes, very exciting - but not every day.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 23:53:54 +0000
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