I found this blog to be essentially relative to my personality in terms of how play has assisted my life. In my early years, our society was open and more child friendly to going outside and playing with the neighbors children at exceedingly well their house. I could remember all the neighborhood children together and playing is sweet harmony. Children were less behavior issues during these times and performed exceedingly well in the academic arena. In the public health sector, the percentage of children developing adult like diseases and or health concerns such as obesity, hypertension, even the rarest of diabetes was not known to have been developed unless of course it was hereditary. The late great Confucius once said, "It is better to play than do nothing." Nowadays, children resort to less physical and more entertainment, and not creating their entertainment. Technology, computers, video games, have swept the minds of our children and health demands have risen. Plato once said, "You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation."
I'm still a kid at heart. I love playing in the snow and running through the sprinklers. I could never grow old. J
"Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold," Joseph C. Pearce.
My Addy American Girl doll J (I read every book in the series)
Leggo's to play….I had a fine imagination
Good Job,,,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading about your childhood with play.
I wish some days I can go back in time.
Binky, I wish I could be a kid everyday. Child hood was so innocent and enjoyable, now children are growing older and learning more of adulthood before their time.
ReplyDeleteAdrienne, I enjoyed reading your post. The playing outside for endless hours was great. Now today if children even play at all it is with their siblings, at preschool or school or not at all. And yes, technology has really consumed the minds of our children. We must find ways to make physical, creative play more engaging that sitting in front of a television, computer or hand-held game.
ReplyDeleteHi Adrienne,
ReplyDeleteI too am a big kid at heart, I think this helps keep you being youthful. It is better to play than do nothing. I hear my niece say so many times that she is bored. I never knew what the word bored was growing up because I always had something to play with or I would be creative and make up something to do.