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<blockquote data-quote="Shortman McLeod" data-source="post: 3792026" data-attributes="member: 53748"><p>[Don't worry, this isn't about religion. Read on.]</p><p></p><p>So yesterday I'm at mass (we're Catholics) and early on our priest, Father Peter, calls up all the children to be dismissed for children's liturgy. Before they depart, he chats with them a bit at the front of the church.</p><p></p><p>Now there are about 40 kids up there, ranging in age from 3 years old to perhaps six or seven. Father Peter asks them, "How many of you like to play board games?" Not a single kid puts up his hand. A bit surprised, Father Peter says, "You know, games like checkers, Monopoly, games like that? Anyone?"</p><p></p><p>Nothing from the kids.</p><p></p><p>Then Father Peter says, "How about sports? Do any of you like to play sports?" One kid puts up his hand and says, "Hockey." (We're in Canada. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ) Another two kids say, "Soccer."</p><p></p><p>Finally, Father Peter says, "Well, how about computer games, or video games? Do any of you like to play those?" And I kid you not, almost EVERY HAND went up. </p><p></p><p>Frankly, this depressed me a bit. Are kids today really not playing board games and getting into outdoor sports? Are they really sitting on their collective rear ends in front of screens all day?</p><p></p><p>Now I'm no Luddite. I love video games and I've been playing them in one form or another since the old days of the Atari 2600. But I don't want my four-year-old daughter to play them until she's older. Right now her free time consists of Tae Kwon Do, board games with my wife and I, and going for walks to feed the ducks at a nearby pond. Not to mention swimming, gymnastics, and playing with Lego. She rarely watches television and, as I said, no video games at all until she's about nine or ten or so.</p><p></p><p>But I fear she's a tiny minority.</p><p></p><p>Now obviously, one group of kids at my church isn't a representative sample, but it really did surprise me. </p><p></p><p>Comments?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shortman McLeod, post: 3792026, member: 53748"] [Don't worry, this isn't about religion. Read on.] So yesterday I'm at mass (we're Catholics) and early on our priest, Father Peter, calls up all the children to be dismissed for children's liturgy. Before they depart, he chats with them a bit at the front of the church. Now there are about 40 kids up there, ranging in age from 3 years old to perhaps six or seven. Father Peter asks them, "How many of you like to play board games?" Not a single kid puts up his hand. A bit surprised, Father Peter says, "You know, games like checkers, Monopoly, games like that? Anyone?" Nothing from the kids. Then Father Peter says, "How about sports? Do any of you like to play sports?" One kid puts up his hand and says, "Hockey." (We're in Canada. ;) ) Another two kids say, "Soccer." Finally, Father Peter says, "Well, how about computer games, or video games? Do any of you like to play those?" And I kid you not, almost EVERY HAND went up. Frankly, this depressed me a bit. Are kids today really not playing board games and getting into outdoor sports? Are they really sitting on their collective rear ends in front of screens all day? Now I'm no Luddite. I love video games and I've been playing them in one form or another since the old days of the Atari 2600. But I don't want my four-year-old daughter to play them until she's older. Right now her free time consists of Tae Kwon Do, board games with my wife and I, and going for walks to feed the ducks at a nearby pond. Not to mention swimming, gymnastics, and playing with Lego. She rarely watches television and, as I said, no video games at all until she's about nine or ten or so. But I fear she's a tiny minority. Now obviously, one group of kids at my church isn't a representative sample, but it really did surprise me. Comments? [/QUOTE]
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