Today, education has become a priority for many parents seeking to secure a good future for their children in this rapidly changing world. they believe that if their children apply themselves and work hard at school, then they will increase their opportunities for going to higher education and eventually getting a good job. Of course, they are right, and as access to the best education and best jobs is becoming more competitive, then it is true that children have to make the best of their study time when they are young.
However, the parents who do not allow their children enough free time for leisure activities outside school hours are misguided. such activities are far from being a waste of time for the children simply because they are not academic. it is important to remember that children need to develop skills other than intellectual ones, and the best way to do this is through activities such as sports, games and playing with other kids. if they cannot play make-believe games, how can they develop their imagination? how can they learn physical coördination or learn important social lessons about winning and losing if they do not practise any sports? many children from strong, personal relationships with the friends they play with, and without the opportunity to do this, they could grow up emotionally immature or unformed.
Finally, I think it is also important to remember that, children need to relax as well as work. if everything they do must have some educational or academic relevance, then they will soon get tired of studying altogether, which is the last thing parents would want.
Today
, education has become a priority for
many
parents seeking to secure a
good
future for their
children
in this
rapidly
changing world.
they
believe that if their
children
apply themselves and work
hard
at school, then they will increase their opportunities for going to higher education and
eventually
getting a
good
job.
Of course
, they are right, and as access to the
best
education and
best
jobs is becoming more competitive, then it is true that
children
have to
make
the
best
of their study time when they are young.
However
, the parents who do not
allow
their
children
enough
free time for leisure activities outside school hours
are misguided
.
such
activities are far from being a waste of time for the
children
simply
because
they are not academic.
it
is
important
to remember that
children
need to develop
skills
other than intellectual ones, and the
best
way to do this is through activities such as sports, games and playing with other kids.
if
they cannot play
make
-believe games, how can they develop their imagination?
how
can they learn physical
coördination
or learn
important
social lessons about winning and losing if they do not
practise
any sports?
many
children
from strong, personal relationships with the friends they play with, and without the opportunity to do this, they could grow up
emotionally
immature or unformed.
Finally
, I
think
it is
also
important
to remember that,
children
need to relax
as well
as work.
if
everything they do
must
have
some
educational or academic relevance, then they will
soon
get
tired of studying altogether, which is the last thing parents would want.
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