This is an interesting conversation with a psychologist Kristina Towill.
She talks about how today's children are overscheduled, which suprisingly doesn't support child's brain or emotional development. Children are more stressed today than ever before.
What supports kids'development, both psychological and physical, is healthy attachement to parents/family and free, unstructured, outdoor play. Free play means playing with their peers and what is not an adult organized, indoor play.
Children playing outdoors are happy and learn firsthand about nature and animals.
This is PART 2 of the conversation with a psychologist Kristina Towill.
Although children today are safer then ever before, parents are driven by fear of letting them go outside. Media promote safety histeria, which feeds parental fears of dangers lurking outside.
Suprisingly, children need less drilling with flashcards and more free play outside. Experiential learning and unstructured play is as much important as curriculum studies for their development.
It allows the leaders of tomorrow to develop their own passions and simply be happy.
In the past month of October we heard a lot about Oprah Winfrey visiting Yosemite National Park with her best friend Gayle. Her visit was also featured in two parts on her own show.
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