That was the title of an article in a feature of the Sunday Times named “The Upshot.” The article included looks at consumption of ice cream, summer travel, and camps. It also talked about how kids are spending less and less time out of doors. It quoted a Kaiser Family Foundation study that found that kids were watching videos, playing computer games, and listening to music up to eight hours a day,
About a month ago I was visiting a friend who has two young boys. My friend lives in the country, the day was lovely, and both boys were in the house playing computer games.
I know I sound like an old fart, but I don’t think this is a good thing. A few years ago a book entitled The Last Child in the Woods noted that almost all environmentalists spent a good deal of time out-of-doors when they were kids. If kids today don’t spend time outside, they will not be worried about saving snakes and frogs and all the rest of the flora and fauna.
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