▶ Your Answer : There might be some people who believe that Children have to play sports for competition or contests. However, I personally disagree with the above idea for two subsequent reason. Firstly, sports for fun make children more happy. second, sports for competition or contests can give them a lot of stress and pressure. First of all, when children play sports such baseball and soccer for fun, it can contributes to an increase in their overall happiness. It gives them a chance to experience something different from what they would do in their usual routine. A new experience tends to prevent them from feeling bored in their life. For example, when my sister was in high school, she often felt depressed thinking her life became an exhausting routine. To enjoy her life, she started swimming for fun on daily basis. Fortunately, she was able to deal with such stress and pressure in a safe way by swimming for fun eveyday. By doing this, she was able to let off some steam. If she had not played swimming regularly, she would not have been able to escape their exhausting life. On top of that, sports for competition can creat a lot of stress. To be specific, children today are a lot of pressure and stress due to studying and extracuricular activities. By playing sports for competition, they are able to get more stressed. According the study conducted KDI(Korea Development Institute) in 2014, 80% of respondents said that sports for contests could not help them get rid of stress, even they could be more under a abundant amout of stress. This is due to the fact that playing sports for competition is not helpful for children. In conclusion, sports for fun give a chance to make children more happy and sports for competition or contests is not necessery for them to reduce a lot of stress and pressure. In this regard, I firmly believe that children should play sports for fun and it is helpful for them. |