My Gym: Children’s Activities Can Be Both Mentally And Physically Healthy

In the world we live in with video games, television and the Internet our children are too often left sitting motionless for hours on end. We know that it’s important for them to get a healthy amount of activity in their lives. We often think of how it is important physically but did you consider how children's activities could be healthy mentally as well?

Studies have shown that children who participate in sports or other related activities have a higher rate of doing well in school. These children also have a lower percentage of falling to peer pressure such as drugs, alcohol and sex.

The studies behind this show that children who are involved in sports, theater, gymnastics and other activities improve children’s social skills, and self-confidence.

Theses activities often teach children how to deal with winning and losing in a healthy manner. They also show children how to support each other as a team. Leadership, kindness, perseverance are all-important aspects of our lives and our children can be taught this as they laugh and smile.

Physically these activities work our children’s bodies to allow them to grow h=in a healthy way. It is a shame that here in the U.S. seventeen point one percent of children ages two through nineteen are overweight. A study showed that twenty-five million children in our country are obese.

This sad fact contains children who struggle with adult related health conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure. An hour a day of physical activity is all that is required for health. Your child can walk their dog or kick a ball around the yard and work their way to a healthy adulthood. It’s very simple for our youth to get the physical activity they need.

With this said it is in our hands as parents, teachers and fellow community citizens to put the word out how important children's activities are. Let’s all work together to keep our children both physically and mentally strong and fit.

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