The lack of free-play time in children's lives is negatively affecting their holistic growth and in-turn also is being detrimental for our society as a whole. This implication might not been visibly outright and its quite probable that someone might say that they don't see the effect of the 'play deficit'. Moreover, it is not uncommon to find lobbyists supporting the growing play deficit. I would suggest everyone to please have a look at this interesting article, 'The Play Deficit' (courtesy: http://aeon.co)
Its so true, especially in India since the last decade. The importance of unsupervised play for children are being ignored and children are undemocratically and continuosuly involved in adult-directed activities.
Yes, it is also because of the rat race we have put ourselves in. And the unfortunate fact is that, it is very confounding to realise the true state of this affair, since we ourselves are part of this race, the elusive carrot dangling infront of us all through our life and we have seldom (if not never) exercised 'independent thinking' without any apriori bias (which is a result of most modern educational paradigms).
Its so true, especially in India since the last decade. The importance of unsupervised play for children are being ignored and children are undemocratically and continuosuly involved in adult-directed activities.
Yes, it is also because of the rat race we have put ourselves in. And the unfortunate fact is that, it is very confounding to realise the true state of this affair, since we ourselves are part of this race, the elusive carrot dangling infront of us all through our life and we have seldom (if not never) exercised 'independent thinking' without any apriori bias (which is a result of most modern educational paradigms).
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