What can we do to put the brakes on the pandemic of childhood obesity?
Should we ban video games? Sue fast food restaurants? Turn off our televisions?
No. No. No.
Should we make video games that require exercise? Eat less BigMacs? Make outside games that are fun?
Sure. Probably. Absolutely.
Recently I saw a commercial for these kid friendly RC Helicopters. They look like they could be a blast. Maybe you have seen the ads. These mini helis have laser guns that let you shoot down your buddy's helicopter causing it to spin out of control. I pretty much made up my mind that I needed to get a pair of these for me and my kid but decided to read some reviews first. Disappointment. Reviews say they suck at high altitudes (like where I live), that they are close to impossible to fly, and that the battery life is less than 5 minutes. Come on, that is LAME! Somebody needs to work out the kinks; make the battery life at least an hour and forget laser guns, let me shoot airsoft pellets from my mini-Apache.
And that is this weeks answer on how to solve the problem of childhood obesity.
**Eric told me to watch Rob & Big about these RC helis. Took a little while to find it but here it is if you want to watch. Pretty funny stuff. Link to episode.
