When my children were young, my rationale was if I got them outside at least once a day during the holidays, I was doing okay. My boys were heavily into roller blading from an early age and later on skateboarding so we'd disappear to a nearby park which had the right surfaces with their blades, and their bikes on the back of my car, a football and a picnic box and we'd be gone for hours weather permitting. Rainy days we'd go to the cinema or a nearby sports centre that did frequent roller discos. I wish my granddaughter could be encouraged to try out roller skates at least, but she's a tiny bit namby pamby as to injuring herself, quite a surprise after boys, her father was fearless by comparison, almost to the point of stupidity, I was very grateful for our cottage hospital who dealt with minor injuries we were frequent visitors I also took them swimming quite a bit. With the grandchildren, we take them quite often to nearby Bushy Park for long nature rambles in the "Woodland Gardens" which they like a lot, we usually have a picnic there. I take them swimming to the David Lloyd Club I belong to and again the cinema, there's generally something on although I draw the line at complete dross, anything to do with Pokemon or the like. Other than that we play a lot of "Cat and Dinosaur Bingo", my granddaughter wanted me to test her on her spelling the last week, her idea, although it was 8,30 in the evening so I wasn't particularly keen, but felt compelled to seize the moment. I'm sure if I'd suggested that at sometime during the day, she'd have baulked at the idea. They do arrive with their own Ipads so we give in to screen time when we've been out for a while and we are they are tired!