A new study: children's aerobic fitness declines in the final primary-school years.
Family challenge: 1-minute step-ups on the stairs — everyone, now. Count your steps.
Write your number down. That's this week's baseline.
The leak isn't the body — it's the schedule
Kids don't get lazy at ten. Their lives get sitting-heavy: screens climb, running-around drops, and fitness quietly leaks out.
The Norwegian researchers saw the slide in the data — not in anyone's effort. The fix isn't trying harder; it's protecting the daily move. One percent a day, scheduled like homework.