Put Down the Controller.
Get Back Outside.
Your Kids Deserve It.
American teens average nearly 9 hours of screen time every day. The science is clear — it's affecting their agility, coordination, and long-term health. You grew up outside. Your kids can too. FE Motorsports carries youth ATVs and dirt bikes for under $1,000 — one investment that gets the whole family off the couch and onto the trail, every weekend, for years.
The Screen Time Crisis — What the Numbers Show
Something has changed. The kids who used to race bikes down the street, build forts in the backyard, and come home with scraped knees are now mostly inside. Staring at screens. And the numbers are alarming.
According to Common Sense Media and the CDC, the average American teenager between 13 and 18 spends 8 hours and 39 minutes on screens every single day. Tweens aged 8–12 average 5 hours and 33 minutes — a 17% increase from pre-pandemic levels. Gaming alone surged 65% between 2020 and 2024 among young children. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends no more than 2 hours per day. Most American kids are getting 3 to 4 times that.
This isn't just a parenting inconvenience. It has measurable, documented consequences on how your child's body and brain develop.
What the Science Says — The Research Parents Should Know
This isn't parental instinct. This is peer-reviewed science from medical journals, the NIH, and pediatric health institutions. The evidence is clear and consistent.
📉 Screen Time Harms Motor Development & Agility
A 2024 systematic review published in the National Institutes of Health (PMC) found that extended screen use is directly associated with impairments in motor coordination, delays in visual-perceptual development, and poor posture — including scoliosis. The same review found links to poor concentration, reduced creativity, and behavioral deviations.
Put simply: the less your child moves, the less capable their body becomes of moving well. The agility, balance, and coordination that define a physically capable adult are built in childhood — through outdoor movement, not screen time.
❤️ Screen Time Affects Heart Health
A study reported in the Journal of the American Heart Association found that each additional hour of screen time is linked to a cluster of cardiometabolic risks — including high blood pressure and obesity — in both children and adolescents. The correlation is straightforward: screens replace physical activity, and physical inactivity has cardiovascular consequences that begin in childhood and follow children into adulthood.
🧠 Developmental Delays Start Early
A study published in PubMed found that one-year-olds exposed to more than four hours of screen time per day showed delays in communication and problem-solving at ages 2 and 4. High screen time was associated with developmental delays in fine motor skills, personal development, and social functioning. Research across multiple databases — PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science — consistently points to the same conclusion: higher screen use correlates with reduced physical activity, poorer sleep, attention difficulties, and challenges in emotional and social functioning.
What Outdoor Activity Actually Builds
The research on what outdoor physical activity builds in children is just as clear as what screen time takes away. And it's exactly the kind of development that a youth ATV or dirt bike provides.
Research published in F1000Research confirms that outdoor play "consistently enhances physical health, improving fitness, motor skills, and body composition, while also supporting cognitive-emotional development including attention, creativity, problem-solving, and resilience." A review from the Pediatric Offices at Willow Bend adds that outdoor activities "improve agility and coordination, laying a foundation for lifelong fitness" — and that "mastery of these skills translates into a broad range of potential athletic endeavors in the future."
Kids who ride ATVs and dirt bikes are doing all of it at once — balance, spatial awareness, throttle and brake coordination, real-time decision-making under physical stress. These are not passive skills. They're the same skills your doctor, coach, and pediatrician have been asking you to build in your child.
Remember When You Were a Kid?
You didn't come inside until mom called you for dinner. You rode your bike until the streetlights came on. You played pickup basketball at the park, built forts in the backyard, scraped your knees and got back up. You didn't have a step tracker — you were just living.
That outdoor childhood gave you something. The agility you have as an adult. The coordination. The confidence that comes from navigating the physical world with your own body. The resilience that only comes from falling down and getting back up in the real world, not respawning.
Your kids deserve that same foundation. The science says they need it. And the good news is — it doesn't take a major lifestyle overhaul. It just takes one Saturday morning, a trail, and a machine that makes them want to go back next weekend.
The Real Cost of Entertainment — Do the Math
Parents spend thousands of dollars every year trying to give their kids memorable experiences. But most of those experiences are over in hours — and by Monday morning, your child is back on the couch asking what's next. Let's look at the numbers honestly.
❌ One Day at Disneyland
(Family of 4 — Peak Day)
By Monday morning: back on the couch, asking what's next.
✅ Youth ATV from FE Motorsports
(One-Time Purchase)
By Monday morning: already planning next weekend.
One trip to Disneyland costs what a youth ATV costs — and the ATV is still running years later. The same money that buys one day of standing in line buys every weekend on the trail. And unlike a theme park, a trail doesn't get old. There's always a new path, a new challenge, a new skill to master.
Compare it to other "solutions" parents try: a new gaming console at $500–$700 keeps kids more indoors. A summer camp can run $1,000–$3,000 for a week. A youth ATV for under $1,000 keeps giving back every single weekend of the year — building the agility, coordination, and confidence that no screen ever will.
The FE Motorsports Youth Lineup — In Stock in Los Angeles
Everything below is available at our Los Angeles showroom at 2916 S Santa Fe Ave — fully assembled, California Green Sticker approved, and ready to ride home the same day. We are a licensed California dealer — we handle registration on the spot. Most families are on the road in about 20 minutes.
All youth ATVs include speed governors and remote kill switches — so parents stay in control while kids build confidence. Helmets, gloves, and goggles also available in our showroom.
Entry-level youth quad. Automatic, speed governor, remote kill switch — the perfect first ATV.
Step-up 125cc with auto w/reverse, disc brakes, speed governor and remote kill switch.
Sporty 125cc quad with auto w/reverse, speed governor and remote kill switch.
Sport-oriented 125cc quad with auto w/reverse, speed governor and remote kill switch.
Lightweight automatic — the perfect first dirt bike for younger riders.
Semi-auto 70cc with front suspension — a natural step up for growing riders.
70cc automatic with electric start — easy to ride, built to last.
Full-size adult quad with fuel injection. Ride alongside your kids on the trail.
Frequently Asked Questions — Youth ATVs & Screen Time
Give Your Kids the Summer They'll Actually Remember
FE Motorsports at 2916 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles. Youth ATVs and dirt bikes for under $1,000 — fully assembled, California Green Sticker approved, same-day registration. Come in this weekend.
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