Kids These Days

When driving through a neighborhood on a beautiful sunny day, you hardly see any kids outside playing. All the kids stay inside and do indoor activities. Most of the time the activities consist of playing video games. Now I am not saying I don't like video games, cause I do. What I am saying is these video games are changing the kids. When I was a little kid, I would play outside all day and beg my mother to stay outside after dark. The neighborhood kids would always get together and create some game to play all day. The kids of today just play each other's video games and do not go outside.

I have two little brothers who are about seven years younger than me and it is almost like they grew up in a whole different world. When I was their age my parents would lock me outside and tell me I could not come back in. My brothers grew up with Xbox and cable. They still went outside for a little bit, but stayed mostly indoors. Even though these games are sweet, we need to keep the children outside and playing in the fresh air. It is sad to drive through a neighborhood and see no one playing in their yard.