Some people say that parents should encourage their children to take part in organised group activities in their free time. Others say that it is important for children to learn how to occupy themselves on their own. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

Utilizing free time gives

enormous amount

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an enormous amount

of benefit to any

child especially

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child, especially

for their overall development in terms of both physical and mental refreshment. While some believe that parents ought to support children to learn how to occupy on their own. I,

however

, stand by the point that children need to be encouraged by the parents to participate in

group

activities. On the one hand, Parents who encourage children to be on their own say that for a

child

to grow it is necessary to be individualistic.

This

is true that a

child

can learn a lot of new things by reading a book which can give them

vast amount

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the vast amount

a vast amount

of knowledge as well as insights of subject matter in depth.

In addition

to

this

, children can apply the wisdom obtained from the reading to develop new ideas and experiment the same.

For example

, by reading academic books children develop

good understanding

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a good understanding

with which they can develop new ideas and techniques for the same problem to solve in a better way.

However

, those children who are encouraged to participate in

group

activities by parents have higher probability to develop better

inter-personal

occurring among or involving several people

interpersonal

communication skills. A research says that by involving in

group

activities aid in the development of leadership capabilities and decision making ability.

For instance

, children who play cricket have to take decision often which makes them more confident in real life scenario.

Furthermore

, children understand the value of helping each other and to be supportive at times of troubles and triumphs which is considered the most important benefit of

group

activities. In conclusion,

although

a

child

can occupy themselves by reading a book or experimenting themselves, in my opinion

group

activities provide us

with better overall development

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with, the better overall development

with the better overall development

in

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of

key skills needed for life which can help

in

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with

long term. So parents should encourage their children to participate more in

group

activities rather than to leave them on their own.