Just Let Your Kids Play
An interesting article popped up today about the development of children. We, as parents, are sometimes so worried about all those get-smart tricks and we forget to just let our kids play. I think there is a time for everything don’t you? But as parents we need to realize playing, or doing what comes naturally to the child when playing blocks, is part of the whole developmental process.
Tags: kids, kids-playing, Parenting, surveyCHICAGO, Illinois (AP) — Here’s some soothing medicine for stressed-out parents and overscheduled kids: The American Academy of Pediatrics says what children really need for healthy development is more good, old-fashioned playtime.
Many parents load their children’s schedules with get-smart videos, enrichment activities and lots of classes in a drive to help them excel. The efforts often begin as early as infancy.
Spontaneous, free play — whether it’s chasing butterflies, playing with “true toys” like blocks and dolls, or just romping on the floor with mom and dad — often is sacrificed in the shuffle, a new academy report says.
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Career and Kids » Two new b5media blogs of interest
Oct 9, 2006 at 11:21 am
[…] Steve at Inside Fatherhood is the anti-me. He’s a stay at home dad (of 4 kids with another on the way). Sometimes I’m very jealous of people like Steve when I am stuck on a work project I would rather not be doing or when I walk in the door and the kids tell me all the things they did that day. There was a brief moment where my wife and I talked about me working part time and my wife staying full time. Then I got a big raise right before the kids were born and in the sweat shop I stayed. Steve has an interesting article about how to help your kids develop the old fashioned way. Who would have thought it would be that easy…except for all of our parents and all of the parents before them. […]
Career and Kids » Do not count on research when raising your kids
Oct 10, 2006 at 10:22 am
[…] Yesterday, I introduced you to Inside Fatherhood and pointed out his article about a study indicating that kids need less scheduled play time. It sounds like great advice, especially since parents always feel stressed trying to coordinate all the activities. […]
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