When children play it is lovely to see enjoyment and smiles on their faces. Numerous research findings by experts suggest that children who play a lot during their childhood grow up to become intelligent, happy adults.
The New York Times Magazine reported that quite a reasonable number of scientists view play as “a central part of neurological growth and development—one important way that children build complex, skilled, responsive, socially adept, and cognitively flexible brains.”
“Research shows that play is, in fact, more than just play; it is more deeply involved with human development and intelligence.” ~ Dr Stuart Brown, Psychiatrist and Play researcher
He talks about the benefits of play, to the brain, adult success and creativity, avoiding low moods, in addition, links bad behaviour later in life to the lack of play in childhood. Furthermore, one of the profound impacts that play has on people’s lives is discussed in greater detail in one of his books.
In this day and age, a lot of people feel that children are not getting to play outdoors as much as the previous generations did… Research findings have shown that lots of confinement and less freedom of movement can adversely affect or stifle social interaction.
Other factors such as endless hours of video games, computer games, and smartphone games can also play a major role in adversely affecting social skills or social interaction. This has led to a lot of confusion out there, and, these days, parents are caught between allowing more active play and getting children enrolled into more and more extra-curricular activities because of the serious competition parents face, to get children into good schools.
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