The Pure Joy of Play; Why Kids Need Unstructured Fun
Jul 26, 2019
● By Doug Zerbarini
Not so long ago, kids would be shooed out the door to play and told to return home at meal time. But the rising use of digital devices and kids’ highly scheduled sports and school activities, as well as parental fears about safety, has made that kind of unstructured play rare—with resulting drops in children’s independence, resilience and creativity, experts say. In fact, play has been shown to be so critical to children’s development that an American Academy of Pediatrics 2018 clinical report, “The Power of Play,”recommends that doctors write prescriptions for it.
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