<story><title>All Work and No Play: Why Kids Are More Anxious, Depressed (2011)</title><url>https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2011/10/all-work-and-no-play-why-your-kids-are-more-anxious-depressed/246422/?single_page=true</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>binarnosp</author><text>One month ago I started removing the constraints on my 8 years old daughter&amp;#x27;s outside activity. I just gave a wristwatch with the alarm set before dinner time and told her &amp;quot;when the alarm goes off then come home&amp;quot;. I&amp;#x27;m against her having a phone.&lt;p&gt;When she comes home and she tells us what she and her friends did (I don&amp;#x27;t ask, she just wants to share) it is hilarious and I usually think &amp;quot;It was better if I didn&amp;#x27;t know this and that&amp;quot;. But then I think about the 8 years old version of me &amp;quot;bombing&amp;quot; the toy soldiers together with a friend of mine by spraying alcohol on them and by setting everything on fire, and I relax...</text></comment>
<story><title>All Work and No Play: Why Kids Are More Anxious, Depressed (2011)</title><url>https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2011/10/all-work-and-no-play-why-your-kids-are-more-anxious-depressed/246422/?single_page=true</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>slx26</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s important to let kids be bored and ignored from time to time, so they actually have the space to think for themselves and realize how many opportunities they have out there and how fun it is to explore them.&lt;p&gt;Of course, every kid is a different universe, but in general I feel we are missing quite a bit of that.</text></comment>