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Our busy lifestyle leads us to be satisfied entertaining our kids with electronic media like tablets or television. But every child needs to play outdoors for his or her physical, social and emotional wellbeing. Find tips to encourage your children to make outdoor play a part of their routine here.
The world is changing so quickly. When we were young, our parents found it tough to get us to stop playing and come into the house; and today we find it difficult to make our kids go and play out of the house.
Benefits of Encouraging Outdoor Sports
Getting dirty is healthier than playing with gadgets
Playing outdoors helps prevent Eye Problems

Our kids are as attached to electronic tablets, computers, mobile phones, video games and television shows now, as they once were to the umbilical cord in their mothers’ womb! What with 40 to 60 hours a week spent with the hypnotic entertainment of media and the rest of their time spent with school activities; outdoor play has become a nonentity in their lives.

While the benefits of outdoor exercise and fresh air have been extolled for generations, new studies have shone a light on some lesser known benefits of the great outdoors upon children:

A report by the National Wildlife Federation has found that letting children get dirty outside is much better for their health as compared to letting them spend time with their clean hi-tech gadgets which makes them more vulnerable to ADHD, vitamin D deficiency, depressionand chronic weight-related diseases.

According to a new study by the American Academy of Ophthalmology, spending time outdoors decreases chances of children developing nearsightedness and slows the progress of myopia in those who already suffer from it. Spending more time indoors means that exposure to the good outdoor light that children need in early childhood is reduced thereby increasing risk of myopia in eyes already straining to use hi-tech gadgets with small screens.