NOTE: Important points in bold. My comments are in parentheses.

Children have a different lifestyle in this day and age. Basically they like to do so many more things indoors than ever before. This is the downside of LCD televisions, laptop computers, Ipods, high-tech video games and other modern toys. While TVs and video games were certainly around when I was a child in the 80s, my father forced us out the door to play outside. This was a good thing in retrospect. And to be completely honest, we loved it! This is probably the best source of exercise for children. Simply allow them to run around and frolic with their peers outdoors. (This burns an extreme amount of calories when children are playing some type of sport outside.)

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