These days there's a better alternative for the babysitter. Parents who want to go out and have a good time once in a while can take their kids to a children's gym.
These gyms provide a fun place for your children to play with adult supervision,
and also help teach them fitness skills. Let's compare the babysitter versus the gym option.
Your Kids' Health
Which is a better idea for your kids' health - Staying at home and watching TV while munching their favorite snacks, or running around a sports gym playing dodge ball and having a climb on the jungle gym. The obvious choice is to get them out running, climbing, jumping, throwing, catching and rolling around.
Childhood obesity is on the rise, and this is one reason gyms are becoming so popular. Proper diet helps, but they really need the exercise. Unfortunately, children don't have so many places to play these days. Gyms offer tons of games and activities to keep them moving, and to keep them from getting bored.
Educational Benefits
Maybe you're taking your children to the place to get rid of them so you can have your yearly romantic dinner. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that. But what may surprise you is that they'll also be LEARNING something. For many gyms, this is the reason they were established.
A child can learn games and activities. For smaller ones, they can learn body awareness and coordination. Some places offer specialized training courses in everything from golf to archery to mountaineering. This is a wonderful benefit considering the fact that many schools are getting their budgets cut and losing activities such as these. Your kids can learn a lifetime skill and have fun while doing it.
A Social Outing For The Kids
Finally, they will enjoy the chance to play with other children. This is something you don't get with the babysitter at home. A night with the babysitter is pretty dull for most of them, but a chance to go and hang out with their little friends is something to get excited about.
For young children, a gym also helps with social development. They can learn important social skills like sharing, taking turns and being patient. These skills will help get them ready for entering kindergarten.
Let's be honest, you just want to ditch them, forget about them for several hours, and remember a little bit what it was like before you had them! The old way is to call the babysitter. Kids' fitness centers off a new alternative. Your young ones can stay fit, learn physical skills and socialize. Not only that, this option is easier than calling a babysitter. Once you have your membership, you just drop them off, and you don't have to worry about anything. Check out your local gym and treat yourself to a night out.
