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Some people believe that children’s leisure activities must be educational, otherwise they are a complete waste of time. Do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience

#people #children’s #leisure #activities #waste #time
As for today’s competitive and fast
world
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 I realised that everyone wants to be on the top.
Hence
 for the new generation
that is
 the same thing being taught by parents and
expect
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 an intelligent, smart and most versatile output from their
children
, but I do not agree
to
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this
 approach
instead
 should allow leisure time for them to identify
own
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 talent. I believe that
children
 should get non-educational leisure activities for them to rejuvenate and allow them to develop their own perspective from everyday learning. It is important that
children
 should be brought up with strong educational knowledge, but in order to thrive
this
information
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 they should be given enough time to experiment with their own understanding. There should be a holistic approach
for
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child’s
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a child’s
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 wellbeing, extracurricular activities
is
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 the best form for
child’s
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a child’s
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 growth in mental and physical areas.
For example
, it is proven that
by
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apply
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learning any musical instrument can increase the child’s brain strength as much as with mathematics I
also
 believe that
children
 should
also
 be encouraged to have educational tours and adopt reading habits for them to develop
the
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 curious mind. The reading habit will help them to unlock the new secrets of the world and lay the foundation of new ideas, but it should not be forceful as it can have
adverse
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effect
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 on
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the child
a child
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child
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children
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. There are many studies proving that
children
 feel extremely pressurised when they are overloaded with homework or studies and they fall into depression or develop anxiety, which results
into
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in
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 discontinuing the studies. In conclusion, I do agree that there should be educational activities for
children
, but parents and school should give importance to
overall
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the overall
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 development as well. There should be
balanced
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a balanced
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 approach and most importantly an environment where
child
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the child
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 feels happy.
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