Parents today lead busy lives, and for some parents, videos and computer games are a valid form of entertainment for their children. But children are not actively playing outdoors on a regular basis, compared with previous eras, and are not getting the daily exercise they need. Children attend after-school clubs and childminders, but there can be a lack of creative free play.
The benefits of traditional games are that children have fun, are physically active, learn to obey rules, share and take turns, and develop communication skills with other children and adults.
Radio Lincolnshire thought that by supporting Children's Links' initiative, their older listeners with experience of traditional games could become involved in teaching them to the younger generation.
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