Some people believe that children are given too much free time. They feel that this time should be used to do more school work. How do you think children should spend their free time? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Children who have a fixed routine from early childhood are more likely to grow into happy and successful adults. They have already mastered the art of time management and value their free hours more as opposed to children who don't have any particular time- table. A week planned with multifold activities gives the kid an opportunity to explore himself.

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, children like predictability and would prefer to know what to look forward to.

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, it

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shapes their overall personality. Only school work may become monotonous.

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, parents can't rely only on the school tasks for the overall development of their loved ones. An ideal time-table may have a playtime slot, and other windows for homework, hobbies, television, garden, friends, etc. It may

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have a free or unplanned slot which the kids may use to spend with themselves. To illustrate

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, I'll take the example of two of my cousins who have grown into very contrasting personalities. One of them is an ardent artist who has invested a lot of his childhood and early teen years into developing his hobbies. He has

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been very active in horse-riding, polo, and wrestling. His elder brother has been a rank-holder throughout his academic journey. As opposed to the younger one, he mainly focused on his studies and school work and didn't enjoy much free time. Though both of them seem successful today I feel that the creativity of the younger brother has been nurtured beautifully. He is a vibrant personality and uses so many channels to showcase the same. Altogether, I believe that children can devote their free hours to hobbies and extracurricular activities to inculcate confidence in them and shape their overall personality.