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Some people think that parents should spend more time to doing schoolwork with their children. However, in my opinion, investing more time on playing games or sports with their kids are much more advantageous to both of parents and their children. This is because they can create strong bond and kids can relieve their stress. First, parents can make strong bond with their children. It is very difficult for parents to playing games or sports with their kids because they are very busy with their work. So, current people have less time with their family at home compared to the past. This may cause lack of intimacy between the kids and the parents nowadays. For example, when I was in elementary school, my father always came home at late night because he wanted to be promoted at his work place. Thus, he needed to make many achievements. He even worked during weekend so that I have barely had great time with my father playing any sports together. So, I do not have strong bond between him and me now. When I am with him, I feel awkward and do not know what we should talk. I understand that he had to do work hard to make more money for my family instead of playing with me. However, this clearly made the relationship worse between my father and me. If we played many games or sports together when I was a kid, we would have been more close to each other. Second, I think kids can relieve their stress by playing many activities with their parents. In modern society, not only adults but also young kids are under stress. They may have serious problems with their friends or teachers and grades at school. Thus, it is important for kids to have their outlets for relieving those kinds of stress. Playing games and sports with their parents will be a great solution for stress relief. I have read an article from a newspaper and it says that kids who spend more time to play outdoor or indoor activities with their family showed less level of anxiety and aggressive behavior. If kids had to do their schoolwork after they got home and did not have any time to relieve their stress, they would be stressed out and mentally unstable. In a nutshell, taking bond between parents and kids and stress relief for kids into consideration, the advantages of playing games and sports with kids far outweigh the one of doing schoolwork with them. In this regard, I firmly hold that parents should spend more time to play games and sports with their kids. |