Children now a day spend more time in television and computers than outside games

You said it right. Children are starting to be zombie on playing computer games. I think it is not good for them to be always confine in the house. They need to be involved in outdoor activities.

Id rather they play and mingle with other kids and do physical activities than be indoors and play comp games. This can help them physically and emotionally as well. By being with kids they will learn to inter act and know how to deal and handle situations and will make them consider other people as well.

our kids spend more time playing with their gadgets (while watching TV) nowadays. its summer time and its too hot outside, id rather let them stay inside for now. my little nephew sometimes play with his toys instead of his ipad. the other older kids watch NatGeo instead of cartoon network. so its kinda okay for me.

I think it is also the same for older people,m they watch too much and don't do enough exercise.

Surely. My son spend most of his time in front of his computer or the iPad, or his iPhone. So i enrolled him in karate class which he enjoys a lot and then will enrol him next week in swimming class too.

Yes, absolutely, I think that children need to play outside and socialize with the other children like we did in the past.

My kids are still into playing outside. I encourage them to go out and meet real friends.

Definitely go outside. My younger ones love it outside the older ones want nothing to do with it. It's sad really. But I will say that when we all go spend a day outside everyone is okay with it. Like Busch gardens, water country, going for a picnic. Fun fun fun.

I think it is good for them to be outside, but here where I live most are busy with sports or school activities. Most of the parents work, and kids are doing other things Now being inside is not a bad thing if you can not keep an eye on your kids, and are expecting others to do it for you. On the side street several house down a 72 year old man babysits his 3 grand daughters. These little girls curse a lot , lie a lot and are at everyone elses home,. I walked them back home today as they were in our front yard, in the bushes, in the neighbors garden pulling up dirt , picking flowers. The grandfather wasn't happy I sent them home, but I told him you can not watch them around the corner at my house. I have enough trouble with some other kids on the other side of my house. He doesn't like them inside as they are bad and do bad things so he sends them outside and that isn't good.

I agree with you children now are so get involved and busy with technology computer games. The need to experience outdoor games I believe if only introduce to them, they; surely forget their interest in computer games.

I agree with you

I was thought it only happen in China LOL

I have 3 boys and they all play outside. With the way technology is set up, kids and their parents only interact with each other through text and facebook. What happened to being called down to the dinner table, heck what happened with sitting at the kitchen table eating dinner, asking everyone how their day was. Now days kids are to busy with social media such as snapchat and facebook, therefore if you want to learn about what your child is doing, you no longer have to ask them whats going on, their social media will put their business out there. Spending more time in the house may sound like a great idea if the parents live in a rough neighborhood, but if you live in the country, the kids should know what it's like to cook smores or knowing how to pitch a tent, without the outdoors kids are losing their child hood more and more.

How much or how little children play outside is down to whoever is parenting the children. If you buy your child an ipad, the child is going to want to play with it. If you don't buy the ipad, there's no problem. I have 3 boys aged 6, 4 and 2 years old. Now don't get me wrong, a few cartoons, some video games on the weekend is fine with me, but it should not be the main activity for any child. My children are the same as most. They want to play their video games and watch their cartoons, but I never give in. There's usually about 10 minutes of sulking and then all is forgotten as they have a great time outside playing. Most important of all is to try and engage in outdoor activities with your children. Feed their sense of wonder at the outdoors whenever you can. I love digging in the dirt with them and seeing all the bugs we can find, collecting them in glass jars and inspecting them with a magnifying glass. I do that for about 10 mins with them, and then they're off for the next hour gigging them up by themselves. Ultimately, you are the parent. You have the power and as Uncle Ben always says, "With great power, comes great responsibility". Use your power and authority to direct children into more positive pass times. Children are not to blame for spending so much time in doors with gadgets, it's their parents who allow it.

I have been brought up in the days when computers and internet was non-existent, so have played with real friends, in play grounds, parks, and street corners.