"Scots youth choose DVDs over sport"

On September 8th, "The Scotsman" reported on research that found that Scotland's young people would rather watch television or listen to music than take part in cultural activities or sport.

SPTC's Judith Gillespie was not surprised and commented: "Why do people think that kids are going to change the way they behave just because politicians have a bee in their bonnet about something? Thank goodness that young people have got the wit to behave as they have always done. The grown-up world has got to wake up to the fact that not all forms of exercise have to involve running around a pitch chasing a ball - there are lots of other things that kids do that are physically exerting."

For more on this story go to:
www.scotsman.com

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