Discussion Board 10: The Days of Our (Children’s) Lives

On this discussion board, write an original post in which you indicate whether you think that children’s lives today are too structured. Should parents attempt to reduce the structured activities in which their children engage? Why or why not? How will you manage your children’s structured time when you become a parent (or how do your manage it now) in order to provide enough time for play? Explain your answer.

Discussion Board 10: The Days of Our (Children’s) Lives Answer

I think that the lives of children nowadays are already less structured that in the past. They have access to gadgets and the Internet, which exposes them to different ideas and perspectives. When they share what they learn in the Internet to their parents, the latter might experience cognitive dissonance when the content knowledge is opposed to how they were raised.