Encouraging Exercise in Your Kids The ABCs of getting your kids
outside and active Reading, writing, 'rithmetic, and recess. One
of these things is not like the others. Though kids get plenty
of reading, writing, and arithmetic at school, it turns out many
can't depend on recess any longer. Pressure placed on schools to
produce higher test scores often means cutting programs that are
not graded -- like recess and PE. An estimated 40% of all
elementary schools have cut recess or are in the process of
doing so, says Rhonda L. Clements, president of the American
Association of the Child's Right to Play (IPAUSA). Worse still,
the CDC reports that in 2003, only 55.7% of high school students
were enrolled in a PE class. Yet the CDC says the number of
overweight kids has tripled since 1980, putting kids at risk for
early heart disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes. Now more
than ever, we need to encourage our kids to get out and get A Is
for Access to Temptation Webster's defines activity as vigorous
or energet