In the passage” Play time is over” David
Elkind is talking about recess of being no
longer a child’s play. Is an issue that has been replaced with many school activities
and computer games, which makes kids very unsociolized from real culture of
childhood.
Childhood games are very important because. It develops
child’s mind. It helps to understand the good and the danger of real world. It helps
to build a good physically body.
Developing a child’s mind in a younger age is a very
important task to be achieved from parents and school. But sometimes for a
child in order to have a brighter mind has to pass thru a social life called
the childhood games. These are activities that the child develop his mind out
of the house and school program. By playing childhood games the kids would feel
the pain of falling down, the danger passing thru them and the fun of winning
the game.
Back in the days I remember myself playing with other kids
any type of games that comes to our mind. I remember not having to many toys to
play at home but my only game and fun was outside in the street. Many times had
fall down and scratch my legs and arms all over. However the pain of going thru
from falling didn’t care much because I kept my body moving and my mind away
from pain. I used to play until late at night making my mother coming out of
the house to look for me, because I didn’t wanted to leave the game, and the
fun was so incredible.
Childhood activities are very important for a kid life
because it would put them in many situations of knowing the good things to do
from the bad things to know. By distinguishing the good from bad it will help
them understand the real world that surrounds them. Many times I see kids in
here that are not very socialized with outside world. They are very scared when
they walk out there. This comes because parents lock them home and school
occupies them with many different activities. What I see here is a life being controlled
without any freedom of doing what you love to do.
On the other hand childhood activities are very important also
to build a child’s physical body, because it helps them burn the energy that
body needs it out and keeps them moving all the time.
Participating children in the culture of childhood means to socialize
them outside four walls of the school and TV shows. Children that had pass thru
a childhood culture have more potential of becoming more smarter and better
physically than kids controlled from coaches or any other activities that
parents are paying. Lets have our kids enjoying their childhood social process,
of giving them a little freedom of outside world.