Cell phone risks for children
As you know we try to post educational things related to healthy living as well as the daily workouts and updates. Below is a video about cell phone use and the risks, especially for young children. I am not posting this to be a paranoid freak who is afraid to leave the house but it is good to be aware so we can make educated decisions. We believe we must live life in balance, but we must be aware and educated to know what that balance is. With proper perspective we can recognize when we have crossed the line, whether it is sugar consumption, processed food, improper exercise routines, or cell phone use.
As a father I realize my children are born in to a world much different than my parents or I were. Food options are not the same and technology continues to change how we live. What are we doing now that will hurt us in the future? Many things are different, unnatural, or downright ridiculous yet we accept them as normal because everyone is doing it. Juice, cereal, cell phones, or chocolate milk are just a few items sold as healthy to children. Marketing works! I will continue to post a series of issues related to this topic to keep us up on important issues related to our health. I hope everyone had a chance to check out the video on sugar last week…If not be sure to watch it. Once of again….just posting so we can make educated decisions….like maybe not giving our 9 year old a cell phone. Stay Prime!
Today’s W.O.D.
AMRAP in 15 minutes
5 Thrusters
7 Hanging Power Cleans
9 SDHP
I watched this video as I have a 6 and 4-year-old. They are only on my wife’s cell phone minimally to speak to grandma or grandpa, or sometimes to play a game on it. I cannot see getting them their own for some time. I would think teens are more apt to be a problem with time usage texting hundreds or thousands of times daily or talking endlessly for hours with friends. What is the author going to say about kids on cordless phones or using wireless webcams/computers?
This video is something to think about, but parenting skills have to come into play and being a responsible parent as to watching what your kids do is more important.
Now, the WOD today - always a crowd pleaser - was a bit tougher with some additional weight for me, but I got through it. I hoped for more rounds than what I got. My arms were burning starting round 3 and I just got slower.
Just saw on the news 14-20″ for NE Philadelphia - now I’m not sure if I’ll make it in tomorrow!
Great workout tonight! Thanks, John, for making the accommodations for me. Not easy being the kid who needs an IEP for Crossfit. I hope that I’ll be back to the same WODs as my fellow Crossfitters soon!