Saturday, June 20, 2020

All Work and No Play: Why Our Kids Are More Anxious, Depressed


What are your memories of playing as a child? 

Some of us will remember hide and seek, house, tag, and red rover red rover. Others may recall arguing about rules in kickball or stick ball or taking turns at jump rope, or creating imaginary worlds with our dolls, building forts, putting on plays, or dressing-up. From long summer days to a few precious after-school hours, kid-organized play may have filled much of your free time. But what about your children? Are their opportunities for play the same as yours were? 

Most likely not. 

Check out the following article that discusses some of the ways childhood has changes over the last 5 decades.

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