Are organized events more important than freetime in childrens lives? I think that free time is more important. How is a child going to try new things out if they are stuck to one organized event at a time? Free time lets children found out who they are, learn social skills, and helps them learn their functional skills. Did your childhood ways help you become who you are? I do, if I was stuck with what I wanted to learn when I was child, I would be stuck in my moms schedule. According to, "Helping Children Play Creatively," states "Organized activities,.... rely on rules, schedules, and usually adult control, which can hinder a child's freedom of expression." Which is so true becaue the child didn't get choose the event thier attending.
My mother didn’t have a perfect schedule set up for us, but she had certain expectations for me and my siblings. She expected us to go to school, and come back home. Unlike Shell 's neighborhood, we couldn’t have kids just playing outside because you never knew what was going on in the streets. We didn’t have the back and front yard available to us, but me and my siblings will find ways in which to keep ourselves entertained. We did become creative, but also coming from a lower class community there was always one sibling that was always doing more thinking than the
I had a strange childhood most people would think. I had always been very serious about gymnastics so I had been homeschooled sense the age of 8 to help give me more time in the gym, this meant I spent monday through sunday 8am to 5pm in the gym. It took over my whole
I grew up in a two income, working class household with one sibling. Neither of my parents had a secondary education and both worked an average of 45 to 50 hours a week to support the family. During the entire 4 years of high school I cannot recall my mother asking me about one homework assignment, attending one band concert or football game. She didn’t encourage me to be involved in community organizations or civic activities. She did allow me to participate in the activities I chose on my own and for the most part she just left me to figure things out on my own. We also always seemed to live near family that we would gather with and rely on with great regularity and I can’t recall ever looking at a calendar or schedule to determine my future plans. According to Kris Gutierrez, Carolina Izquierdo and Tamar Kremer-Sadlik, authors of the article "Middle Class Working Families' Beliefs and Eng...
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According to Stephanie Coontz relationships between parents and teenagers have become more troubled because society is failing to prepare young people for the demands of today's adulthood. Young people suffer from "rolelessness" as a result of the historical extend of adolescence, with puberty coming earlier and full adulthood coming later. The problem with rolelessness has become harder for the newer generations in my opinion, kids nowadays need that role model/mother-father figure because they are easily influenced by their surroundings. Rolelessness has become a risk among the young.
Spending time with their parents is a very important part of the life for any kid. This help to generate trust and being more confortable with them. Having extracurricular activities help to improve their brain, helping them to have a better future. In an article in Forbes magazine called Bringing up Bebe? No Thanks. I'd Rather Raise a Billionaire the author states:
Play supports children’s physical development as when they are playing they are being active and exercising their body. It is important that children develop strength and stamina from a young age and through
“Active family leisure is any nonwork activity that is freely chosen, benefits those involved, is participated in with the whole family, and includes physical movement by those participants.” Families tend not to have leisure time together or at all. When this happens the child may find friends or relatives that they may take in interest in participating in activities with. This makes the parent child relationship difficult and maybe even none existent. (Taylor et al).
Because of my early interest in children, I developed a strong desire to teach; consequently, I sought out jobs that allowed me varied experiences with children. My first experience was baby-sitting. Here I quickly learned that children must be told precisely what to do. For example, "Go wash your hands with soap and dry them right now." Or, "You must take your shoes off and then you may get into the bathtub." From the many baby-sitting jobs I had, I soon discovered that if I did not have a plan the day would be total chaos. As early as thirteen I became familiar with the need for structure and creativity when dealing with younger children and found myself loving every minute of it.
This I Believe – Whether I like it or not, my childhood shaped who I am today.
The modernized world has changed people’s perception on how they look at break time or playtime. Many people fail to give importance on break time or playtime in primary school. Thus, the duration given for playtime in primary school level has eventually reduced down the years. The NF (2014) states that ‘school breaktimes are getting shorter despite pupils and teachers recognizing them as an important opportunity for physical exercise and socializing’. Rochman (2012) mentioned that ‘playtime can be as important as class time for helping students perform their best’. If studying is claimed to be important and is the main focus at primary school level, playtime is equally important too as playtime is the duration where children gets the opportunity to develop various skills.
Did you like to do things on your own, or to have a person coddling you and performing every little thing for you? It is very doubtful that you simply preferred the coddling. Though children do not always want to do every thing they're responsible for, they take satisfaction in having jobs and performing their very best. It brings confidence and self-respect when a youngster can search at whatever they have achieved and know that they did it by themselves.
It started out with parents that were always interested in education, mine and their own, whenever I learned something new; they were always interested in it also. I was taught from the beginning much about the things around me, outdoors and in. I remember when I was in high school my mother would actually want to work with me on calculus, b...
I strongly believe that everyone’s childhood is reflected in their adulthood. Wearing the same dress every day for a year and being born a stubborn child has molded me into the young woman I am today. Talking a lot and taking in what I learn has helped to develop strong opinions and morals that help me in making decisions every day. I am proud of who I am and where I come from.
According to my own life experience, I strongly believe that early childhood experiences are very important to forge our personality over time. I grew up in a nurturing and loving environment where I always felt safe, loved and my parents always made me feel important. I was a strong-will child. I used to throw temper tantrums if things didn’t go my way. I used to be very demanding as well, my mother used to joke about my personality and she used to ask me where I had left my crown --I acted like I was a queen--. Despite of my strong-will personality, my mother’s nurturing unconditional love and attention, shaped my personality. My mother was very patient and compassionate. She used to explain things so well to make me understand why things couldn’t always be how I wanted them to be. With her help, over time, I learned how to deal with my emotions and situations and these experiences shaped my behavior and personality. The conversations we had still remain in my mind and I still think