After reading through the comments on yesterday’s column discussing why Sony and Microsoft should view Nintendo as a competitor, I came across an interesting post by one reader who told us to “get rid” of our gaming consoles and go outside.
The person contends that kids are playing too many video games and watch too much TV when they should be playing outside. The reader makes an interesting point, but I think that it fails to address one issue facing this generation’s parents: in order to prepare children for their adult lives, they need to ensure that their children are well-versed in the technological realities of our world.
“Get rid of your gaming consoles, and send your children outside to play “actual reality” games,” Choclatpup wrote. “When, exactly, did video games replace balls and bats, or bicycles? With everything in the news about the obesity of our young today, the answer is to create ‘active video games’ such as the Wii Fit? Asinine!”
It got me thinking: are our kids replacing the bat and ball with the Web and gaming?
It’s possible.
Just last week, my cousin’s kids came to visit and I asked them if they wanted to throw a football around. The children, a 7-year old and a 5-year old, both gave the same response: “let’s play video games instead.” Once they had enough with video games, they wanted to show me a “cool” Web site they came across at school.
It might sound strange for a technology journalist to state this, but I was a tiny disheartened that the children wouldn’t go outside and engage in some physical activity. Sure, it was cold, and it’s possible that they just don’t like football, but it makes me wonder if today’s children are too engrossed with the Web and video games to like anything else.
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