Some of my friends think that I'm married now, that I'm just going to stay at home and start breeding. I would love to have kids one day, but I have some other stuff that I would like to do first of all, like get some decent qualifications.
I recently had a voluntary placement at a local primary school as a visiting musician. One of the games involved asking the children what noises they heard during their holidays.
I don't mean to be an old fuddy-duddy, but I was shocked at how many kids told me about playing games on their latest computer game, whether that was from the Wii, Nintendo DS, Xbox, blah.
It concerns me, and I don't really know why. I think it's because I worry that these children aren't really doing anything else besides playing computer games. I have a Wii at home and think playing computer games can be a good
laugh, but I wonder what these children are missing out on if they are
always playing these games.
If that is the case, I imagine that these children will grow up to have no imagination and very limited social skills.
Do children go outside and play anymore? Or has our scaremongering society have parents so afraid of something bad happening to their kids that they are now kept inside? In my opinion, playing is very important as it gives kids their own sense of risk and danger eg. don't do that, you will fall.
Do children make anything anymore? Ok so I clearly love music, but any activity such as arts and crafts, drama, etc. can help a lot to give children confidence and self esteem.
Do children interact with other children and adults anymore? If a child is always in front of a TV or games console, realistically how much experience do they have of having a conversation? How often do they have a one-to-one chat with their parents and/or peers?
I would love to hear thoughts from people about this, especially those with kids.
I recently had a voluntary placement at a local primary school as a visiting musician. One of the games involved asking the children what noises they heard during their holidays.
I don't mean to be an old fuddy-duddy, but I was shocked at how many kids told me about playing games on their latest computer game, whether that was from the Wii, Nintendo DS, Xbox, blah.
It concerns me, and I don't really know why. I think it's because I worry that these children aren't really doing anything else besides playing computer games. I have a Wii at home and think playing computer games can be a good
laugh, but I wonder what these children are missing out on if they are
always playing these games.
If that is the case, I imagine that these children will grow up to have no imagination and very limited social skills.
Do children go outside and play anymore? Or has our scaremongering society have parents so afraid of something bad happening to their kids that they are now kept inside? In my opinion, playing is very important as it gives kids their own sense of risk and danger eg. don't do that, you will fall.
Do children make anything anymore? Ok so I clearly love music, but any activity such as arts and crafts, drama, etc. can help a lot to give children confidence and self esteem.
Do children interact with other children and adults anymore? If a child is always in front of a TV or games console, realistically how much experience do they have of having a conversation? How often do they have a one-to-one chat with their parents and/or peers?
It makes me wonder how some children are being brought up, and I feel sorry for them if they are always in front of a screen.
I would love to hear thoughts from people about this, especially those with kids.
2 comments:
When I was growing up:
- We got turfed out of the house to play on nice days.
- We didn't have televisions in our rooms
- We weren't allowed to eat in our rooms
- We all sat at the table and had our evening meal as a family
I don't think I turned out too bad, so I will advise following similar guidelines in the future.
I can remember when I was little pretty much having the run of the town (population 5000 or so). Now days I'd be nervous if she left the block. that being said though, she'll go outside weather the weather is good or bad and is only allowed to be as addicted to the internets as her Dad (I working on it).
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