Don't go into anything without a plan. See what's going on in your community and invest yourself in those opportunities. |
In many ways the alarm bells in the scientific community have been going off for quite some time. But they have never dramatically impacted the general public. |
Instead of recreating with the screen, go out and do things. |
It's generally when everybody is back from spring break and it's before the mad rush for the end of the [school] year. |
It's not a replacement baby-sitter. The goal is for this to really engage the entire family. |
It's not just television. It's television, games and recreational use of the computer. Our hope is that before the week is over [people] don't go back to four, five, six hours in front of a screen. |
It's really a time to explore the unknown. Children spend more time with parents, parents with each other, people get outside and students recognize they're studying more and better, and doing more reading. |
There's been a greater recognition that this is an important issue. We're expecting somewhere between 8 and 10 million [participants] in the United States alone this year. |