Garden trampolines 'help drag kids from the screen'
21/01/2011 Parents who worry about the amount of time their kids spend playing computer games and watching TV are not alone – and trampolines for the garden could be one way to get them exercising outdoors.
The Independent explained this week how encouraging youngsters to put down their games consoles for a couple of hours in the garden can be an "arduous task" and one which usually prompts "tantrums or sullen faces".
"But telling your children it's 'good for them' simply won't cut it when their favourite TV programme is on or they've almost completed their favourite computer game," the writer added.
Parents may therefore wish to look at outdoor play activities, such as trampolines for the garden, which could make the concept of exercising outdoors more fun and appealing to the little ones.
This comes after the shock findings from an Arla Foods survey, which revealed that one in four British children never spend time enjoying the benefits of outdoor play.
The Independent explained this week how encouraging youngsters to put down their games consoles for a couple of hours in the garden can be an "arduous task" and one which usually prompts "tantrums or sullen faces".
"But telling your children it's 'good for them' simply won't cut it when their favourite TV programme is on or they've almost completed their favourite computer game," the writer added.
Parents may therefore wish to look at outdoor play activities, such as trampolines for the garden, which could make the concept of exercising outdoors more fun and appealing to the little ones.
This comes after the shock findings from an Arla Foods survey, which revealed that one in four British children never spend time enjoying the benefits of outdoor play.
