Should Kids Be Paid To Play Offers?
KIDS SHOULD PLAY OUTDOORS
David S. Compton
Columbia University
KIDS SHOULD PLAY OUTDOORS
Years ago, computers were not so easily accessible, and life was not filled with electronic equipment and electronic games. Children would spend time outdoors. However, today children spend free time indoors watching television and playing video games using the technology of electronic equipment. This may make parents comfortable because in this changing world it allows them to control where their children are but allowing them to play outdoors is proven to improve their lives. According to a study of UK children three quarters spend less time outside than prison inmates. The study revealed a fifth of the children did not play outside at all on an average day. “The survey questioned a nationally representative sample of 2,000 parents of 5-12 year olds and found 74% of children spent less than 60 minutes playing outside each …show more content…
Everyone experiences stress on many levels, and in response to a widely array of conditions. Stress in children differs from adults, children lack the experience and communication skills in comparison to adults and, therefore, handle and express stress differently. Finnish researchers had 258 8-year-old boys and girls wear accelerometers on their wrists for at least four days that registered the quality and quantity of their physical activity. Their parents used cotton swabs to take saliva samples at various times throughout a single day, which the researchers used to assess levels of cortisol, a hormone typically induced by physical or mental stress. “Those results indicate a more positive physiological response to stress by children who were more active” (Hoffman, 2013). Children’s stress is difficult to recognize and getting them outside to play and run gives the opportunity to dump stress. Stress in children
David S. Compton
Columbia University
KIDS SHOULD PLAY OUTDOORS
Years ago, computers were not so easily accessible, and life was not filled with electronic equipment and electronic games. Children would spend time outdoors. However, today children spend free time indoors watching television and playing video games using the technology of electronic equipment. This may make parents comfortable because in this changing world it allows them to control where their children are but allowing them to play outdoors is proven to improve their lives. According to a study of UK children three quarters spend less time outside than prison inmates. The study revealed a fifth of the children did not play outside at all on an average day. “The survey questioned a nationally representative sample of 2,000 parents of 5-12 year olds and found 74% of children spent less than 60 minutes playing outside each …show more content…
Everyone experiences stress on many levels, and in response to a widely array of conditions. Stress in children differs from adults, children lack the experience and communication skills in comparison to adults and, therefore, handle and express stress differently. Finnish researchers had 258 8-year-old boys and girls wear accelerometers on their wrists for at least four days that registered the quality and quantity of their physical activity. Their parents used cotton swabs to take saliva samples at various times throughout a single day, which the researchers used to assess levels of cortisol, a hormone typically induced by physical or mental stress. “Those results indicate a more positive physiological response to stress by children who were more active” (Hoffman, 2013). Children’s stress is difficult to recognize and getting them outside to play and run gives the opportunity to dump stress. Stress in children