Children nowadays watch significantly more television than those in the past, which reduces their activity levels accordingly. Why is this the case? What measures can you suggest to encourage higher levels of activüy among children? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own experience.

These days, it has been noticed that kids spend more

time

watching television when compared to the past and

this

has led to increased sedentary lifestyles among them.

This

problem is

due to

parent's

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long working hours and modern family rules

however

this

can be tackled by encouraging

parents

to spend quality

time

with their offspring and

also

allow their

children

to bond with neighbours or friends.

To begin

with, young ones spend a significant hour of the day watching TV shows than in the past because unlike in the old times when mothers were full housewives and their primary responsibility was to care for their

home

nowadays wives now have to work and both

parents

spend half of their day at working afterwards they come back

home

tired which result into lesser

time

for interaction with

children

.In other to avoid distractions from

children

when

parents

are trying to prepare meals or planning for the next working day they permit their

children

to watch television increasing their inactive period and screen

time

.

In addition

, modernization has made families teach their young ones to always stay indoors and not go out to play with their

neighbors

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or friends which was not so in the past. In the olden days after school and during weekends kids were allowed to go out to play with each other

while

their

parents

watched them from afar which encouraged diverse physical activities among them

such

as running,playing hide and seek or rolling unused tyres and

this

promoted the raising of active

children

.In

this

contemporary

era

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elites like to showcase their economic class and don't want their

children

to mix with random people but most of their kids are left with spending their

time

watching TV.

For example

,

children

who come from

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rich

family

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or whose

parents

are well-educated are always indoors watching animations or educational programs creating little

time

to be physically active with friends outside.

However

,

this

problem can be solved by encouraging

parents

to take up jobs that will create

time

for their family and when they are at

home

they should spend

time

engaging their

children

in activities

such

as teaching them how to ride a bicycle or gardening.

For instance

, research has shown that

children

whose

parents

spend quality

time

with them and join them to participate in activities around the

home

are less likely to be predisposed to sedentary lifestyle diseases.

Furthermore

, permitting youngsters to play outdoors with their peer groups increases their daily activity levels which is beneficial to their health.

Children

learn from their age groups faster than from their

parents

so when they actively interact with people of their age they usually meet their developmental milestones as when due in the absence of an underlying condition. In conclusion, in recent times young ones

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nowadays tend to spend quality period watching TV programs than in the past which has led to increasing in activity levels because of their busy parent schedules at work and

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in family rules but

this

can be tackled by encouraging mothers or fathers to take up jobs that will give room for family bonding and

also

parents

should allow their

children

to involve in outdoor interactions with peer groups.