Many parents around the country send their children to the Y for all kinds of activities. The Y, now, has something to say about it: not enough children are showing up. The YMCA of America is done a study of more than 1500 families with children under 10 and found that three out of four of the children in those families spend no more than three days a week playing outside because their parents can't find the will to tear themselves away from their own entertainment. The YMCA study finds that with children, exercise had to be something their parents got them interested in. And parents, according to the study, have been really failing their children.

Menjaga agar anak terus aktif secara fisik pada zaman sekarang ini semakin sulit karena banyaknya bentuk hiburan seperti televisi dan video games. Mayoritas anak tidak hidup di pertanian yang mana harus bangun pagi untuk bekerja keras. Anak zaman sekarang harus dapat menemukan saluran kreatif yang bisa menjauhkannya dari rasa ketertarikan pada televisi dan video games yang selalu ada dari waktu ke waktu. Jika anak diberikan mainan atau sumber yang tepat maka mereka akan mengambil keuntungan darinya.