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Yeah my first thought before and after reading the article is that these kids don't need "mindfulness" to connect with their bodies and feelings, they need an e

Yeah my first thought before and after reading the article is that these kids don't need "mindfulness" to connect with their bodies and feelings, they need an extra 60-90 minutes of exercise. Particularly the boys. Preferably at the beginning of the day.

watwut 6y ago
It funny, because at least in our local playground and in class my kids go to, girls are outside more then boys. Which applies especially when weather is not good, despite boys clothes being typically more suited to bad weather and easier to find. Maybe it is just anomaly, but I found it odd. Especially when everyone here is like "boys are so different and more wild". And I always think "why don't you take them outside then and why don't limit their sit-on-couch-with-tablet-game the way girls have it limited". It is kind of absurd.
- laingc 6y ago
  Interesting counterexample, and a good exemplar of the phenomenon that the nature of distributions is that occasionally one finds outliers such as this. I don't think it can reasonably be disputed though that in the average case it is true that boys are more physically active and spend more time outside than girls.
  - watwut 6y ago
    I am not saying that boys are not physically active more. Whether kids are outside depends way more on parents then on kids. And for whatever reasons, boys parents around here take them outside less. I think that very related is that parents are more content with boys spending a lot of time with videogames. Which cuts to physical activity and makes kid content sitting for hours. And maybe parents are also more conscious with girls not getting enough of physical movement. Or it is also about friends. I personally think that boys would be better off if they were outside and moving more.
    - laingc 6y ago
      Fair call. I love technology, but the way some parents use it as a babysitter really does astound me.

watwut 6y ago

It funny, because at least in our local playground and in class my kids go to, girls are outside more then boys. Which applies especially when weather is not good, despite boys clothes being typically more suited to bad weather and easier to find. Maybe it is just anomaly, but I found it odd. Especially when everyone here is like "boys are so different and more wild". And I always think "why don't you take them outside then and why don't limit their sit-on-couch-with-tablet-game the way girls have it limited". It is kind of absurd.

laingc 6y ago
Interesting counterexample, and a good exemplar of the phenomenon that the nature of distributions is that occasionally one finds outliers such as this. I don't think it can reasonably be disputed though that in the average case it is true that boys are more physically active and spend more time outside than girls.
- watwut 6y ago
  I am not saying that boys are not physically active more. Whether kids are outside depends way more on parents then on kids. And for whatever reasons, boys parents around here take them outside less. I think that very related is that parents are more content with boys spending a lot of time with videogames. Which cuts to physical activity and makes kid content sitting for hours. And maybe parents are also more conscious with girls not getting enough of physical movement. Or it is also about friends. I personally think that boys would be better off if they were outside and moving more.
  - laingc 6y ago
    Fair call. I love technology, but the way some parents use it as a babysitter really does astound me.