There have never been more ways to keep our kids entertained, but parenting educator Genevieve Muir says the overscheduling of our kids is a problem.
There have never been more ways to keep our kids entertained. From weekend sport, to dance classes, to the screens in their hands, today’s children have no shortage of things to do. But according to parenting educator Genevieve Muir, overscheduling our kids means they can miss out on the most valuable part of childhood: play.
Dr Emily Freeman, a senior lecturer at The University of Newcastle’s School of Psychological Sciences, has studied the developmental benefits of play for children and agrees the parenting world has evolved. She says that a greater emphasis on academic learning, combined with a decrease in local green spaces and the size of people’s backyards, means there’s less of a focus on physical and active play today.
“Give them 10 minutes of play with no distractions, one-on-one, and then you set that limit and say, ‘Now I can’t wait to see what you guys get up to. I bet you can’t build the LEGO tower, or I bet you guys can’t do 100 more jumps on this trampoline’, or you just slip away because they’re done with you.”
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