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Playing in the streets of Holy Springs
Earlier this week, common sense prevailed — barely — in Holly Springs when the Town Council voted 3-2 not to crack down on kids playing in the street. Seems a local resident pushed the issue, complaining that her neighbor kids didn’t get out of her way fast enough when she pulled into her cul de [...]
Continue reading...Weekend plans? Wayfinding, kayaking, bicycling
19. August 2010
For many of us, it’s the last weekend of summer before the kids head back to school. Act now, because once school and its various activities kick in, it could be a while before the clan has a free weekend of spend together.
Coast
I love exploring and I love a good map. But sometimes you get [...]
Avoid The Big One, walk to school
17. August 2010
Now kids can tell their teachers that if they don’t get outside to play tetherball or romp on the jungle gym, they could have a heart attack!
This helpful bit of fact-based guiltsuasion comes from a just-released study from the University of Buffalo that found that kids who walk to school and get other kinds of [...]
More studies weigh in on obesity
4. August 2010
Move more, lose weight, so goes the conventional wisdom, right?
Well … .
A curious finding comes out of a four-year study of 212 kids at 54 schools in the town of Plymouth, U.K. This latest finding from the 11-year-old EarlyBird Diabetes Study being conducted by the Peninsula Medical School finds that physical activity may not play [...]
This weekend: surf, night hike give a Hoot
29. July 2010
We’re down to our last month of summer before the ceremonial start of fall come Labor Day. Get out and make the most of what’s left of the season.
Coast
Two weeks ago we suggested you check out the 6th Annual Reef/Sweetwater Pro-Am Surf Fest at Wrightsville Beach. If you did, we’re guessing you were intrigued by [...]
DIY: Planning a backyard rec room
27. July 2010
Spence March has long been concerned over whether his kids are getting enough exercise. Four years ago, he enrolled them in a running program. And being a good dad and realizing that kids pay more attention if you practice what you preach, he enrolled with them. It was a good experience for all, but March [...]
Continue reading...Aha! Proof that the BMI is flawed
30. June 2010
Those of you who are in great shape yet feel betrayed — and baffled — by your BMI, take heart. A study released earlier this month by the American College of Sports Medicine finds that you can be in great shape, yet deemed overweight by your BMI.
Seventy-one high school football players from seven schools were [...]
Durham’s Solite Park: a Gateway to inner city mountain biking
16. June 2010
Problem: Most mountain bike trails are located away from residential areas, making them difficult for carless kids to get to.
Solution: Build mountain bike trails closer to where kids live so they can ride to the trailhead.
Granted, that would seem to fall into the “No ‘duh” category. But because mountain bike trails take up some territory, [...]
Toolkit pries open the discussion on childhood obesity
10. June 2010
For the last 20 years or so, childhood obesity has been, almost literally, the 800-pound gorilla in the room. The room in question, unfortunately, has been the pediatrician’s examining room.
Despite the fact childhood obesity has reached almost epidemic proportions in the past quarter century — the percentage of obese kids in the U.S. grew from [...]
Climbing the walls of our backyard playground
8. June 2010
A couple weeks ago I mentioned a report from the Center on Everyday Lives of Families at UCLA that found, among other things, that middle class American families have spacious backyards that they rarely use. This got me reminiscing about those halcyon days of my youth on South Boston Court when we did everything from [...]
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20. August 2010
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