Before I go into the new policy report from the American Academy of Pediatrics
These are some of the known…side effects: Children develop language and executive functioning skills, learn to negotiate with others and manage stress. Children figuring out how to pursue their goals while ignoring distractions, among other things playful learning for the promotion of healthy child development argued that free play encourages kids to develop agency, collaboration and creativity—just the skills that workers will need to maintain an edge over the robots consequences of a lack of play could be dire, including rising rates of mental health problems in teens.Of Course what I’m talking about here is kids having unstructured play time. Countries that offer more recess to young children see greater academic success among the children as they get older. Play helps to regulate the body’s stress response.
I grew up in a time…when you came home from school, changed into your “play clothes” (you’d get in trouble if you wore your school clothes outside to play), get a snack, do your homework (well, that’s another story for another time) and go outside and play. We had to go door to door, see who’s home, then made our own fun. Running bases, home run derby, tag, war, games we made up, forts we constructed, and kept other kids out.
This is a great use of a prescription pad…it’s just a shame that once again, common sense, isn’t common.
https://qz.com/1363294/the-american-academy-of-pediatrics-is-telling-doctors-to-start-prescribing-play/