Analysis Of Jessica Statsky's Children Need To Play-Not Competition

Jessica Statsky in her book “Children Need to Play-Not compete” discussed the spreading trend of harmful sports in the young children, particularly under the age of fourteen. These games mainly affect the physical and mental health of the young children. Jessica in her book emphasizes on the psychological pressure on the children which usually had in these games by parents and coaches. She further elaborates her opinion regarding these comparative sports by using different approaches. She highlights the fact that because of these games children usually feel overburden because of the pressure of physical hectic sports games. These types of physical activities can affect the growth of the mind and body in a child. The physical pain of the games …show more content…
Though these games have a bad effect on the children of the age under fourteen. Satsky in her essay highlights the basic harms of these sports games on the health of the children. I come to an understanding that the harms discussed by Jessica must be considered by parents. Jessica gives weight to her argument by evidence. She throws the light on the pros and cons of sports. Jessica argues in a very systematic way that her argument becomes so valid in this regard. She placed many other references of others people to give weight to her argument. As she takes some quotes from Thomas Tutko, a psychology teacher, and a sports writer, who mentioned the harmful effects of sports on the heath of children .She also cites the Web site, Little League, in her essay to defend her argument that one of the drawbacks of sports is the physical injury that can lead to fear in the psyche of the …show more content…
These games should not be forced on the child under the age of fourteen because the delicate bodies of the children of this age would not be strong enough to bear the weight of the heavy burden games. So these sports games usually cause serious injuries in the physic of the kid that cannot be healed through the life. Parents should acknowledge the harsh consequences of these sports before letting their children participate in these activities. The actual essence of any game is to enjoy it, but by forcing these games forcibly on the children we lack the core of the games, and the children never enjoy it. Despite this fact, games are just considered as the matter of win and lose by the parent, and by this approach destroy the actual core of games. This approach is so really dangerous. The best age of development in the life is childhood, so we must keep away these types of approaches from the kids, so in future, they would have a sound mind.
To sum up, Jessica in her essay Children need to Play- not Compete, successfully peeled off the reality of sports , by showing disastrous consequences of it. She has made her opinion very strong by citing authentic sources. She very beautifully portrays the sports that can harm the children and I strongly agree with her