Gaming Leads to Less Tree Climbing, Which Leads to Weak Children

[Trevelyan]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=560644&in_page_id=1770

http://kotaku.com/383424/gaming-leads-to-less-tree-climbing-which-leads-to-weak-children (I found out about it here)

"In 2006/07 - the latest year for which data is available - 1,067 children under 15 needed medical assistance for tree falls. In 1999/00 the figure was 1,823.

Meanwhile, the number of youngsters under 15 admitted to A&E after bed falls in 2006/07 was 2,531, up from 2,226 in 1999/2000.

The figures lend weight to the Government's campaign to get more children away from computer games and into the great outdoors."

Daily mail = epic fail

 

[Raziaar]

I'm making up for those years that my uncle forced us to go outside and get fresh air.

 

[Farrowlesparrow]

So because of gaming, less children are admitted to hospital?

Ace.

 

[Musk]

Used to do the whole tree climbing thing before I fell and had to get stitches in my leg =/

 

[giant384]

how the hell does gaming and falling out of a tree relate in any way???

 

[Operational]

how the hell does gaming and falling out of a tree relate in any way???

Just because you've never clocked "Tree Climbers 7"...

 

[mastag]

I tried bringing my PC up a tree once.

Landed on my face.

 

[Beerdude26]

Hahaha, I just can't comment on this

 

[Saturos]

I tried bringing my PC up a tree once.

Landed on my face.

Actually, you just broke the fall with your face, and your backside cushioned your PC from major damage. :thumbs:

Or did you PC land first, cushioning your face from major damage?

 

[Bad^Hat]

Ooooor they're just getting better at it through greater hand/eye coordination?

Well probably not, but still, lol.

 

[CyberPitz]

Shit, if playing on the PC means I can't climb trees as well, SCREW THE COMPUTER! I wanna CLLLIIIMMMBB!

 

[StardogChampion]

I've played games since I was 2 or something, and all they do is make us smarter and more aware of the risks so we don't climb as high as our dumbass friends.

 

[[Matt]]

how the hell does gaming and falling out of a tree relate in any way???

In the right wing scaremongering fascist world view of the daily mail anything is possible...

 

[MFD00M]

I fell out of a tree yesterday.

 

[Seppo]

i don't climb into trees anymore. damn computers.

 

[Krynn72]

I climbed and fell out of my computer the other day, but did this study deem it necessary to include that statistic? No.