http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27789613/ns/health-childrens_health/t/experts-lack-playtime-hurting-children/
This article is about the necessity of play time in a child's life. Too many schools have been shortening or taking our recess in order to make more time for academics, parents are putting their children in organized sports and classes during their free time that don't provoke imagination, and children are spending more time on electronics than outside. Rather than being preschoolers, preschoolers are expected to act like 1st graders which has been proven to affect their social/emotional development. As people grow older they are afraid to share their ideas or use their imagination, don't know how to interact and socialize without someone directing them, and they haven't learned to put basic skills, such as sharing, into their everyday lives by themselves. Less play time is also a huge cause in the increasing obesity in the United States.
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