Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Missy and Marvin Sexton recognized the signs.
Their sons Walker, 12, and Greg, 9, were spending more time with computers and electronics and less time playing outside.
The parents took action in January, setting up a system where the boys had to earn their electronics privileges through exercise.
"We decided it was getting too much," Marvin said. "To stay physically healthy, I think you have to set a foundation for the kids going forward, to teach them that exercise is important and to stress it, to get them outside doing things."
If the boys don't earn the required exercise points, they don't get to play computers.
"And they've never failed, every single month," Missy said.
http://www.chron.com/news/article/Couple-finds-way-to-improve-children-s-fitness-5064650.php
Their sons Walker, 12, and Greg, 9, were spending more time with computers and electronics and less time playing outside.
The parents took action in January, setting up a system where the boys had to earn their electronics privileges through exercise.
"We decided it was getting too much," Marvin said. "To stay physically healthy, I think you have to set a foundation for the kids going forward, to teach them that exercise is important and to stress it, to get them outside doing things."
If the boys don't earn the required exercise points, they don't get to play computers.
"And they've never failed, every single month," Missy said.
http://www.chron.com/news/article/Couple-finds-way-to-improve-children-s-fitness-5064650.php