PLAY: The Right of Children
PLAY: The Right of Children Power of Play The Present Scenario In today’s world of competition, Play has taken a back seat. Parents believe that only academic achievement is important. 2 main reasons why Play has taken a back seat are the acceleration of academics and the trend of nuclear families, the children do not get the company to Play . In fact, the children cannot even decide what to Play and how to play on their own, if given time for free Play . Expectations of today’s parents are very high and they want their children to excel in everything. Every Freelance Activity of the child is converted into Formal Training. The play is now outdated. Today’s children are like couch potatoes sitting in front of a device & enjoying. Here the interaction is one way. Children lose out on two-way communication & the interaction which happens when children Play with their peers. Comparing the Past to the Present Earlier the parents had to pull the kids indoors.