1. Children - Virtually Plugged In
There are no children playing outside. ... In 2012, the Alliance for Childhood, a nonprofit advocacy group, complained that, Compared to the 1970s, children now spend 50 percent less time in unstructured outdoor activities. Children ages 10 to 16 now spend, on average, only 12.6 minutes per day in vigorous physical activity. Yet they spend an average of 10.4 waking hours each day relatively motionless (Marlys Harris). ... Regardless the children suffer inside. ...
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