Time For Free Play

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Children are the next generation that will continues our legacy in the future to develop our country or world in terms of adminstrations, economical, politic and social towards better life. For the past 25 years kids have been spending decreasing amounts of time outdoors. The time that kids do spend outdoors is frequently a part of an organized sports activity. Other activities taking up children’s time include indoor lessons and organized events such as music, art and dance lessons. Another big indoor activity, taking up to 7.5 hours a day of children’s time according to a Kaiser Family Foundation study, is electronic entertainment. Of course some of these activities bring joy and fulfillment to the kids, but, in return, time for free play has decreased."Since about 1955 ... children's free play has been continually declining, at least partly because adults have exerted ever-increasing control over children's activities," says the author Peter Gray, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology (emeritus) at Boston College. Therefore, children should be left more time for free play without have scheduled activities that will make they feel controlled and do not have any freedom.The children should be left more time for free play because it can encourage kids to interact with others, helping kids to conquer their fears and teaching kids to work in groups.
Firstly, children should be left more time for free play to encourage them to interact with others. Social play is a natural means of making friends and learning to treat one another fairly. Since play is voluntary and playmates may abandon the game at any time if they feel uncomfortable, children learn to be aware of their playmates' needs and attempt to meet them in order to maintain the...

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...effect - when their parent is driving to basketball practice and the other is carpooling to other class, dinner are missed. As a result, some families rarely eat dinner together, and may not take the extra time to stay connected. overscheduled kids may feel tired, anxious, or depressed complain of headaches and stomachaches, which may be due to stress, missed meals, or lack of sleep fall behind on their schoolwork, causing their grades to drop.
When the children left more time for free play, it will encouraging kids to interact with others, helping kids conquer their fears and teaching kids to work in groups. Therefore, they must spent more time for free play without scheduled activities. Others than that, the children will be more independent when they want to do something and it will train them to make a decision when they got problem or in critical situation.

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