OT. This is what kids should be doing today

yeah mate.check out my post on the taralga rodeo.......zzzzzz..

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TYRES FRIDGES MUD!!!!!!!!!!!


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Well in our house I am sick and tired of tripping over bikes ( mountain , track and road bikes) and kayaks. Wife and two sons both ride. 12 year old shows a lot of promise on the track. Often the parents have to take the lead, as long as its not me.lol
12 year old is also a good musso and fly fisher.
Cheers Pete

This is why so many kids are disruptive ! If they they did what we did as kids they would be to tired to cause a problem .I had a Repco bike with suspension in late 70s and it was like a Honda XR75 with the motor taken out !We stayed out till the street lights came on and had a ball ! Pity the safety of your kids plays a big part in their freedom now !

How is it that a trip down memory lane makes me feel......... OLD !

Hi Peter,

Computers and xbox do play a part I am sure but parents need to shoulder a lot of the blame in my opinion. Most are just "too busy" to take an interest and get out there and encourage outdoor activities with their kids. Between work, sport and school I am surprised to remember sleeping. At 15 I had two weekend jobs and an after school job with my old man, played senior and junior soccer and still found time for school but this was a dismal fourth in my list of priorities, Girls outdid all the others put together LOL!!

Shelled out on the Canon 40D, now just got ot get out and experiment with it.

Cheers, Trevor.

Gday,
Personaly Id much rather hanging on the back of a Harley with my eight year old riding, nearly putting us through the front door of the pub!
Much more fun, teaches the kids more responsibility and they dont have to wear those poofy little leotards the push bike riders wear!

LOL

Cheers

In the 1990's I was teaching in Victoria and started to notice the change in kid's fitness and weight levels. I set up a program called "Click Off Click On" that ran in conjunction with the Age newspaper in 100's of Vic schools and quite a few in NSW. Families turned off TV for a week and took part in a wide choice of activities. the data is really alarming. Not just weight gain. The most telling stat.are the measures that show loss of flexibility of our kids. We also have national data now that shows kids today take longer to cover a set km distance than they used to- and it's getting worse. Talking to parents, one of the issues is the hours parents now work. So much is now open at weekends with shift work etc that the idea of a weekend where all the family are free to go off and do things together is nearly gone. Just leave the kids with the TV and computer games. Big back yards for cricket have largely gone and you wouldn't want to risk your life playing footie on the road.
Interesting change in attitude in kids too. When the national tests first started, far more kids were quite competitive to see where they came and what their time would be. Far more kids now see it as cool not to compete and just to walk around the course.

I guess it comes down to parents using tv as a babysitter, working long hours so they can buy the things they don't need, and the genral population not liking having youth roaming around the place (on bikes or otherwise).

My kids are now almost one and three. We got rid of our TV about a year ago. Hopefully the boys will one day make a positive contribution to this country.

R.