Special Report: The Power of Play
All day Monday, Nov. 23, KATU is focusing on the "Power of Play" in our community. Throughout the day we're covering issues surrounding this essential part of enjoying life, learning and growing up gracefully.
1. Kids and Play: Yes, you can get hurt playing video games, from KATU's 6 a.m. show
- Learn about how one local doctor said he's seeing more and more kids coming in with stiff necks and other "video game" injuries.
- Find out how to get your kids to limit their own video gaming.
2. Old, classic toys are back in style, from KATU's 4 p.m. newscast
- Find out why experts say we're instinctively going back to the basics.
- Timetoplaymag.com says new twists on classic toys will be the rage this Christmas
- Weblink: http://www.astrabesttoysforkids.com
3. Recess problems, part one, from KATU's 5 p.m. newscast
- KATU's reporting exposes the problems on that are increasinglly cropping up on the playground.
- Weblink: http://playworksusa.org
4. Recess problems, part two, from KATU's 6 p.m. newscast
- KATU's reporting reveils solutions to the problems plaguing local children on the "new" schoolyards.
- Find out about a company that can be hired to teach kids how to play. Will it work?
5. Tracking kids, from KATU's 11 p.m. newscast
- KATU explores cell phone services and other devices that allow you to track your kids.
- Weblink: http://www.mypreciouskid.com/child-locator.html
- Weblink: https://www.amberalertgps.com
- Weblink: http://www.gpsmagazine.com/2008/05/the_ultimate_gps_child_trackin.php#3