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[quote=Anonymous]I.... was the most indoorsy possible kid, and I am still not a huge fan of the outdoors, per se. But like... they really are meant to be outdoors. This isn't a mommy shaming thing. Whatever you can do is what you can do. But "1 hour is fine" is just... it's not, if you can possibly do more. What they NEED is as much time as possible. You may not be able to give them all that, and they'll definitely live. But it shouldn't be framed as a "minimum," as in checking a box.

This makes me think of the many DCUM posters who say, "Yeah, my kid spends X hours per day on screens, but they also run, jump, skip, play, climb trees, read books..." and they really do all those other things! But they spend a total of like 1-2 hours on those other things, as if they were checking off gym time or something.

It should be that kids' default state is being outdoors and active. I completely and totally understand why it's not always possible! I really do. We lived in a high rise apartment in an urban area for my kid's first 5 years. But that, and not indoors and stationary, should be where people start, if at all possible.[/quote]

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