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.

Parents play a very important role in building their child's attitude towards life. It is necessary to guide children to take part in activities, making them outperform among the

group

and

also

to make them excel in their academics by spending

time

themselves.

This

essay throws light on both the views.

Firstly

, getting engaged in

group

activities gives a different perception to life and its challenges. It will help in better understanding of human behaviour and alignment to the thought process of the

group

.

For instance

, it is often seen that children’s spending their free

time

with groups of their age or mixed ages are smarter than children’s who do not. The approach to tackle problematic situations gets better as it involves capturing of other’s emotions and their approach to resolve them resulting in building leadership qualities in a child.

Hence

, being a part of an organized gathering of the same age or mixed, brings in a lot of value addition to the academics.

However

, spending free

time

always on your own comes with its own challenges. Children have a tendency to get addicted to activities or things, they like in their

first

sight. Spending

time

only with activities or things you like, brings lack of social behaviour and lack of competency in them.

For example

, it is observed that children not involved in

group

activities are addicted to mobile games, computer games or some TV shows and

thus

not allowing them to stay physically fit and understand human psychology. In a nutshell, in my opinion, getting engaged in

group

activities brings smartness to children and it should be planned and encouraged by parents more often for the free

time

of their children.