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[...] Play time is in short supply for children these days and the lifelong consequences for developing children can be more serious than many people realize.
An article in the most recent issue of the American Journal of Play details not only how much children's play time has declined, but how this lack of play affects emotional development, leading to the rise of anxiety, depression, and problems of attention and self control.
[...] Gray describes this kind of unstructured, freely-chosen play as a testing ground for life. It provides critical life experiences without which young children cannot develop into confident and competent adults. Gray's article is meant to serve as a wake-up call regarding the effects of lost play, and he believes that lack of childhood free play time is a huge loss that must be addressed for the sake of our children and society.
Parents who hover over and intrude on their children's play are a big part of the problem, according to Gray. "It is hard to find groups of children outdoors at all, and, if you do find them, they are likely to be wearing uniforms and following the directions of coaches while their parents dutifully watch and cheer." He cites a study which assessed the way 6- to 8-year-olds spent their time in 1981 and again in 1997.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 13 2018, @12:58AM
Because it's none of their business and they should frankly have much less power than they do. Supposedly saving children is not an excuse to ignore due process or the notion of innocent unless proven guilty. But it seems that, when it comes to children, people shut their brains off (if they have brains to begin with, and I'm frankly not sure that authoritarians do) and will allow any atrocity to take place in the name of protecting them.
Nothing to hide, nothing to fear. That doesn't work as an argument for mass surveillance, and it doesn't work here, either.
If people can use CPS that way, then maybe CPS has too much power to begin with. It is unjust to use such methods to destroy someone's life, even if their reputation is bad.