Lack Of Physical Activity Among Children
"All work and no play make jack a dull Boy". The saying is quite appropriate because the children of today are nothing but couch potatoes. Their withered faces have no ray of happiness and color on them. It is because they do not take interest in physical activities. Their favorite haunts are video-parlor, cyber cafes, chatting on the phones and surfing. We hardly find them outside their houses playing Cricket, Hide and Seek, Football and other games. Rather they enjoy to sit on the sofas, watch their favorite serials and relish the junk food.....
There is also an immense pressure of studies, homework and scoring marks in the examinations. But the students fail to come up to the marks of the teachers and the parents. It is because there is a dearth of physical education which is considered just an accessory and not an integral part of education. Consequently, students take little interest in physical activities. In order to inculcate the need for physical training, the schools should provide necessary facilities and the physical education should form the part and parcel of the curriculum. It should be given due weight-age like other subjects. If we want our youth to be strong, physically and mentally alert, we should set the base of physical culture among our students.
