Sports Participation Of The World - 2449 Words

In a day of technology, most kids being born into the world are almost born with a sixth sense which is how to use any type of technology. With the millions of different things you can do with technology most kids spend way too much time using their devices. Due to all this technology use kids don’t seem to be outside playing and having fun as they once did. Kids use to be always outside playing sports and running around with their friends but since the rapid evolution of technology kids have sadly started to stay inside. â€Å"According to the 2005 GSS, boys aged 5 to 14 are still more likely to participate in sports than girls the same age, but the gap is narrowing. Sports participation of boys has declined from 66% in 1992 to 56% in 2005. Over the same time period, sports participation of girls has changed little from 49% to 45%.† These statistics can easily be blamed on the evolution of technology. 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