Many years ago, the play was associated with kids going outside and playing basketball or kickball, or just running around with their friends. Now, play is really associated with technology. Kids want to play video games with each other, they want to play on their computer, they want to play something interactive or watch TV. They're really engaged more in that type of play.
My name is Len Saunders, I've been a public educator now for almost 40 years, and I'm heavily involved with children's health and fitness. And one of the things I've noticed over the years is that many kids are now engaging more in technology time, as opposed to physical activity.
So one of the things I came up with many years ago was something called, The 2:1 Club. And what that was is, for every two minutes of physical activity, a child engaged in, they earned one minute of technology time.
Over time, they would have earned a lot of technology time from all the play that they engaged in. So for me, this was a happy medium because the kids were getting their technology time, which is important, but also getting their physical activity time.
Technology is important in this modern-day era, it helps with advancements in medicine, communication. It stimulates the brain, so it is important for kids to engage in that type of activity. But we really need to monitor it and make sure it's not being overdone, and that kids are getting more physical activity than they are right now, because too many kids who are just being very sedentary and we need to make changes to help them lead a longer productive life.
We have many experts out there right now who are saying that this could be the first generation of children whose life expectancy could be shorter than their parents. And a lot of that is due to the sedentary lifestyle, poor eating habits, the lack of physical fitness, the lack of sleep, the lack of proper diet.
So we really need to educate our children on what's best for them to lead a longer, healthier, more productive life. So we're not going to eliminate technology completely, but we want to lower it a good amount.
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