Work Hard, Play Later

   In the article "All Work and No Play: Why Your Kids Are More Anxious, Depressed" by Esther Entin it describes that parents and other things could be the reason that if children don't have playtime then it can interfere with their future selves. For example in the article it says under the topic "Who and what is interfering with children's play." Esther explained that parents are the ones who hover over and then take over children's play. For example kids do have to do homework but back when I was younger it was either come in the house after school and do your homework then go outside or it was go outside eat during that time come in and shower, homework then sleep. So either way I went outside but you need to have tome to do homework. Or you have the parents where they were really strict and you weren't going outside until you did chores and homework etc. That would take time out of that child's or children's play because sometimes it gets dark faster and their are crazies at night.   Next, children need to be able to communicate with other children. If there playing hide-and-seek then everyone needs to be able to say who will hide who will find who. If they disagree and argue maybe then that would be a good thing sort of. When children have their debates on what is going to happen throughout the game it will not only encourage them to communicate and debate on things but to meet new people while they are playing their game.  My opinion is that children should be able to have free time at school and at home. When I was younger there were teenagers , elders and adults that would be outside so if something happened then they would see what happened or weather someone child had gotten hurt. If the parent (s) or guardian can take the time to go sit on the step or walk to the park and sit down and watch their kid play then that wouldn't be so hard for children to not get their free time. Plus they can watch their kids if their being bullied, just or if the parent see crazy people out there.