This summer, we need to let our kids go play and we need to stop worrying about whether or not it's going to ruin their chances of getting into college.
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I think about things like, 'Will my kids need a college account? Will they even go to college?' I don't know if that will be the case.
The only thing that matters with my kids are them graduating and playing well, and I try to do my dangedest to get them to play well.
The scramble to get into college is going to be so terrible in the next few years that students are going to put up with almost anything, even an education.
Kids who don't play are not just at greater risk of falling behind academically, but also of becoming overweight or obese, failing to integrate socially, and even engaging in criminal activity.
It's critical that children spend time before they arrive in school in a warm, attractive and inclusive environment, where they can learn through play, master social skills and prepare for formal schooling.
I'm at the age most people are sending their kids off to college.
It is one thing to take as a given that approximately 70 percent of an entering high school freshman class will not attend college, but to assign a particular child to a curriculum designed for that 70 percent closes off for that child the opportunity to attend college.
We play very fine schools on any given day.
Play is under attack in our nation's schools - and shrinking recess periods are only part of the problem. Homework is increasing. Cities are building new schools without playgrounds. Safety concerns are prompting bans of tag, soccer, and even running on the schoolyard.
Sounds so silly, but I want to accomplish getting my kids through college.
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