Entertainment has come a long way since the 50's and the 60's. Especially with regards to recreation, children and adults have been faced with a whole variety of change from the past. Back then when there were no computer games and video games, people had to get innovative in their play. Most of kids activities that involved playing outside in the open mainly helped them in getting a lot of running activity done and enjoying nature. It was the time when kids used kites and paper boats were one of the biggest ways to entertain themselves. Obesity also was not an issue in the past because of the activities that involved physical exercising.
The existence of battery-operated ride on toys was almost non-existent. The only source of play was to use their limbs and propel themselves. Nevertheless, the popularity of ride on toys was huge. They were there everywhere all around in every suburb and children enjoyed themselves. The greatest thing about the pedal cars and other pedal bikes was that since it involved physical activity it gave children the chance to get some natural exercising done.
Obesity was never an issue during those times because children had their only source of enjoyment from outdoor activity. This is so much unlike children these days who have to really be pushed out of their homes to play in the open. Children these days prefer playing indoors on their computer games and watching television. The only hand and leg exercise that kinds these days get are from playing n their video game controls and using the keyboards and mice. The latest statistics prove that nearly 25% of children these days are considered obese and overweight. This can cause many health issues in children and cause heart failures at a very young age and serious other complications because of fats being stored in the body and hormones suppressed. This can also make kids face eyestrain from watching the screen for very long. Unlike physical activity where children get to exercise, their entire body and at the end of the day to get a good night's rest.
If you are wondering what the solution to this is, the answer is to get your kids out into the open. Confiscate their battery-operated boys. Ban them from watching the television and computer screens for very long. Limit their hours to television watching and buy them a good pedal car. A pedal car can be fun and children can get to use their feet to propel themselves forward. This can also give you a chance to exercise yourself, in case if you have a young child for who you have purchased a pedal toy, then you can push your child around as well. Your children will be forced to use their imaginations when it comes to using their pedal cars. In addition, the best part is by you giving your child a pedal toy, he/ she could become a popular kid on the block to have something that none of the other kids have.