Once upon a time, childhood was associated with play time full of fun and peers. Now in day free play time for most children is monotonous and restrictive. The problem is when children have some free time, it 's often spend indoors. Watching TV shows and expending great amounts of time on the internet have become the regular scheduled play time for most children. This problem can have different causes, for example: some houses do not have outdoor playing spaces. But there is reason to be hopeful: the promise of play. This is the mission of the national non-profit organization KaBOOM, which works to provide outdoor recreational spaces and balanced active play for children in communities with limited resources. Nature plays an important role
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A child schedule now in day in much more systematic and supervised, with little or any space for outdoor play. Dr. Richard Louv, author of the best seller book "Last Child in the Woods"; where he stated " In today 's society of indoor children, personal connections with nature seem hard to come by, which threatens to lessen future generations concerns about the environment" (Novotney). Dr. Louv has come to the conclusion that if children do not interact and have a connection with nature, this might lead to the next generation of adults to care about the environment. Furthermore Children 's lives have turn around and become more structured and restrictive scheduled by their parents. Modern day parents are the cause of the childhood of imprisonment. Parents might be to busy to take their children to the park, or parents who are afraid of their children 's safety when they leave the house alone, giving as result children who stay indoors or assist supervise after school activities. The disclaimer for this called "solution" to after-school activities is that: Free play and Supervise activities are not synonyms, they are the total opposite. For example with free play, a child develops a healthy relationship with nature and his peers; in the other hand under supervised activities, children are taught discipline and responsibility through …show more content…
Free play can be define as a form of exercise that promotes health and appropriate physical development. Children are naturally interested in nature and active play, because it allows them to explore their environment . It 's benefic for every aspect during a child development to have outdoor interaction with nature, because it increases their motor skills and flexibility. If we deprive children from an normal activity like free play, this may have long term concequences. KaBOOM is trying to help this generation to break out of their label of " childhood of imprisonment", with all the projects available for everybody. KaBOOM has the sources, but they are looking for strong communities, who want to provide their children with a recreational place. With the help of KaBOOM cities and towns, working together with parents have the power to make recreational spaces and transform them into theaters of discovery, creativity, and
A child schedule now in day in much more systematic and supervised, with little or any space for outdoor play. Dr. Richard Louv, author of the best seller book "Last Child in the Woods"; where he stated " In today 's society of indoor children, personal connections with nature seem hard to come by, which threatens to lessen future generations concerns about the environment" (Novotney). Dr. Louv has come to the conclusion that if children do not interact and have a connection with nature, this might lead to the next generation of adults to care about the environment. Furthermore Children 's lives have turn around and become more structured and restrictive scheduled by their parents. Modern day parents are the cause of the childhood of imprisonment. Parents might be to busy to take their children to the park, or parents who are afraid of their children 's safety when they leave the house alone, giving as result children who stay indoors or assist supervise after school activities. The disclaimer for this called "solution" to after-school activities is that: Free play and Supervise activities are not synonyms, they are the total opposite. For example with free play, a child develops a healthy relationship with nature and his peers; in the other hand under supervised activities, children are taught discipline and responsibility through …show more content…
Free play can be define as a form of exercise that promotes health and appropriate physical development. Children are naturally interested in nature and active play, because it allows them to explore their environment . It 's benefic for every aspect during a child development to have outdoor interaction with nature, because it increases their motor skills and flexibility. If we deprive children from an normal activity like free play, this may have long term concequences. KaBOOM is trying to help this generation to break out of their label of " childhood of imprisonment", with all the projects available for everybody. KaBOOM has the sources, but they are looking for strong communities, who want to provide their children with a recreational place. With the help of KaBOOM cities and towns, working together with parents have the power to make recreational spaces and transform them into theaters of discovery, creativity, and