Toddler Indoor Play Area Vs Virtual Exercises
Posted by Bumper Jumpers on Sat, Jan 22, 2011 @ 02:42 PM
Scientists recently concluded that in addition to promoting an unhealthy lifestyle, the creativity and ingenuity of the video game industry has caused a reduction in interest by kids for the outdoor experience.
With technology today, you can virtually travel to a bowling alley and have a 10 frame game with other virtual players while getting the same feeling as an actual bowling alley. The problem as reported by physicians is that though you get a feel of “being there”, you tend to over exert yourself and hence force some muscles that are not naturally designed for such functions to participate in the exercise hence you find people complaining after a game.
My mother had gotten a Wii for Christmas and she had a blast bowling on it but then when she woke up in the morning, she started experiencing pain in her arms. The virtual reality can be informative, thrilling and terrifying – an experience you can get all from the comfort of your homes but be warned of this technological wonder as it may represent a proverbial double-edge sword.
In winter times, people are more apt to just turning on the TV and get on their game, experience a new world all together. It may be better to just put the kids in the car and find an indoor playground that provides you with the comfort of the indoor while the kids gets their exercises.
Indoor Play Centers with inflatable provides exercise that matches your general outdoor activities. “ We cancelled our gym membership to enjoy an exercise with our son” –says Michelle Enos, a VIP customer of Bumper Jumpers Indoor Playground.
"Unfortunately, children are already exposed at earlier developmental stages to an uncontrolled videophilia treatment," said Zaradic, a visiting professor from University of Illinois. "Even more unfortunate, today's children -- tomorrow's parents -- face the prospect of a culture devoid of contact with the evolutionary driver and life-support system that is our natural world."
Our responsibility as parents is to expose our children to all of life’s interaction while paying attention to our children’s development. A toddler's indoor play area would offer a lot of the exercises for their physical development while improving their motion skills but also interacting with other kids.
