Long-term impacts of play deprivation during early child development include isolation, depression, reduced self-control and poor resilience.
Educators, parents and policymakers should all be concerned at the rapid decline in unsupervised free play for children, which may damage early child development and later social and emotional learning, according to research. Full blog
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[…] United Nations recognises it as a right of every child. The reason for this is that a lack of play (play deprivation) in children can be damaging to their development and have long-term impacts, such […]