Persuading Kids to Play?

I am really out of it , even more so than I thought. How about this new campaign by the NFL called"NFL Play 60"? Because our kids have become so glued to their electronics they don't go outside and have a pick up football game or baseball game, or play hoops or just run around like little morons like we used to, playing hide and seek or cowboys. When my friends and I were growing up my mother would sometimes have to scour the neighborhood to find us - heck we would play right through the dinner hour and then eat in a hurry once found, and head right back out for more.

So I am a little confounded by the need to coax kids outside. But in this age of texting, and skype and 3D TV, there are so many more options for our kids to just sit and exercise their fingers, instead of their whole body. And you can readily see where all of this leads - the danger of producing an even less fit generation of Americans, a disturbing thought indeed since we are such an obese nation already.

So I guess the NFL should be congratulated for this campaign. Now if they or another organization could come up with a campaign for Congress, you know something like " Think 5" we would really be on to something. Maybe some of our representatives with obese egos could shrink them down to size and begin doing the work they were sent there to do.