Parents, it’s time to cool.
A pediatric nurse is going viral to tell mothers and fathers to pump the brakes in ballet, football, piano and kumon – because their children are heading towards total combustion before hitting first grade.
Mary Catherine, aka @the.mom.np on Instagram, is saturated with families returning to full -time Uber services, closing the little ones from one extracurricular to the other with zero Driving in the middle.
“This can destroy some feathers, but it is a hill that I will die as a pediatric nurse and mother to young children … I strongly believe that we are starting our children in sports/ activities organized very early,” she wrote in a recent post.
“My daughter is in kindergarten and most of her classmates are involved in 2-3 activities/ sports after school. That’s too much.”
Its recipe? Discard the scheduled schedules and give the children more time to be just children.
“FREE game still has to be determined with priority in elementary age and younger children. This is essential,” she continued.
Catherine swears for the rule “an activity at a time” in her home for her two young children – and experts say she is in something.
“In my clinical experience, I have seen that children with hope in the early elementary years-who are constantly planned very often present with signs of chronic concern,” supported Zishan Khan, MD, a psychiatric clinic, telling her, telling her parents’ interview.
Think: anxiety, problems for sleeping, mysterious stomach cramps and enough ill days to rival the flu season.
“Developing brain and body need dotted to process, grow and recover,” Khan added.
Katerina emphasized the importance of allowing children to be included in the free game – the non -filtered, imaginary type that requires no uniforms, scores tables or permits.
Khan agreed, calling the “critical” free game for childhood development.
“Through play, children learn to regulate their emotions, cooperate with others, and develop a healthy sense of themselves,” he said.
And while many parents can already try to squeeze in more free time for their children, they still feel like not enough.
As the post previously reported, the average child already raises 10 hours of games separated between parents, solo time and playing with friends or sisters and sisters, but three -quarters of parents say they still want their child to have more time for creative, unstable game.
An overwhelming 92% of parents believe that the type of play is essential for the growth and development of their child – and they are not wrong.
Higher game activities? Physical games like dancing and throwing ball won, followed by social game that includes sharing and teamwork.
And while the screen time is still part of the child’s equation class about two hours a day on the equipment more parents agree: the off -screen game is essential.
Parents are also doing their part to keep curiosity alive.
The same study found that they answer on average 14 questions a day from their high -size philosophers and many even study to continue.
After all, experts and data agree: when it comes to childhood, the game is not a luxury – it’s essential.
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