![]() ![]() Gray and Gummer say there are many things parents can do to help children in their pre-teen years relish the simple joys of just being a child. But if they’re surrounded by playful adults, then play stops being seen as childish, so it’s about parents and older adults in the family modelling playful behaviour, playing family games together, and just being silly and having fun – then play won’t be seen as something that just little kids do.” These pressures may have been exacerbated over the past year, due to the countless challenges children have faced in the pandemic.”Īnd psychologist Dr Amanda Gummer, founder of the Good Play Guide (), says: “Children don’t tend to have a particularly sophisticated sense of time, so telling them there’s plenty of time to do adult things when they grow up, would just get a response of ‘I want it now’. “It’s common for young people at this age to feel pressure to appear more grown-up and almost fast-forward into their teenage years. “The years before a child becomes a teenager can be a challenging and stressful time,” says Alex Gray, service head of the NSPCC’s Childline (). And while we might expect young teenagers to try to act like grown-ups, the tween years of 10-12 seems too young to lose the innocence of childhood, when kids should still be having fun, instead of worrying about their appearance or trying to look macho.Īs part of Childhood Day on June 11, the NSPCC is hoping to encourage more children to play, whatever their age, to help relieve stress that’s built up through the pandemic, and just enjoy letting their imagination run riot. ![]() Past research by parenting website Netmums () found more than two-thirds of parents thought childhood was over by the age of 12, and a third by the age of just 10. ![]() SPURRED on by the toxic combination of marketing, media and peer pressure, many children are growing up too fast and trying to behave like adults, when they’re very definitely still children and should be enjoying playing and having fun. ![]()
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