During my time as a tween and teenager, my brothers, friends and I, we used to run on the road outside our house.... to play 'Eager Catching Chickens', hop scotch, fly kites and to play marbles. We would also look forward to catch tadpoles in the drains after a downpour, cycled within 5km radius away from our house to the nearby river to enjoy the scenery, plucked flowers as we cycled, climbed trees, played real masak-masak by frying dried leaves and twigs with fire and anything that we could think of that was outdoor. It was pretty safe then and my mum did not have to worry about us being kidnapped or being ran down by vehicles. I really really do miss those younger days of mine and wished that my girls could enjoy such care-free and happy childhood with their friends. But it's an entire different picture now with kids these days. My kids never have the opportunity to do the activities that I did when I was their age. Instead, they are very attached to electronic gadgets like the TV, laptop, iPad, iPod,iPhone and Nintendo.
Baby playing with her Nintendo and is very adept with it too...
Most kids that I see these days have their hands and eyes glued to an electronic device, including mine! I think it's mainly because it's safer to be at home than on the road or outside their homes. If you are unlucky, you will be seriously injured by an acid splasher! Yeah, acid splashers are lurking everywhere now and it's scary to walk alone on the street.
I'll bet your kids are the same, aren't they? Let me know.
Baby playing with her Nintendo and is very adept with it too...
4 comments:
i wish my kid gets to enjoy what I used to do when I was a kid...cooking with leaves, cycling everywhere, playing with toys, etc. i am not against electronic gadgets but i would prefer that she spend more time outside :)
I actually prefer my kid to have more outdoor activities, hence once in a while like during weekends, we try bringing Kit boy out to nearby park, either cycling or flying kite but of course during the time where the park has got the most people like about 5-7pm. Swimming too is one of my favourite.
A lot of pin tai people around nowadays.. yes, home seems to be safest.. as long as there are grown ups in the house with the kids..
May be we live in a small town. My kids are not so much into electronic gadgets like city kids used to be. Even i have computer at home with streamyx and so on, my kids don't get to go online that often too. I actually load them with extra activities like table tennis, art, tuition, piano, Ucmas Maths and etc. They are busy, I am busy also. Watching TV also very minimal.
Post a Comment