The article playtime is over by David Elkind is about school recess. The author is trying to find out if recess coaches are helping students. One idea the author uses is child development another idea the author the author uses is socializing precess. I believe schools shouldn’t take children playtime away because children need both development and socializing skills.

I don’t believe that children playtime should be taken away from them because they need time to themselves in order for there brains to develop and for them to learn more; therefore, schools need to leave recess the way it is and make kids do what they want during recess. Kids learn best when teaching each other new things when kids learn from adults it might be harder for them to process what the teacher is trying to teach them, when kids are teaching each other stuff on the playground its saving “The culture of childhood.” Kids teaching each other games that they learned at home from their family is one way of keeping the culture alive. I believe that if schools decide to hire a recess not only would it mess with the culture of childhood but; also, mess with the children’s brains development.
Recess coaches can be helpful for the kids if they want to stay in shape but; however, the kids would have to spend recess with the recess coach everyday and won’t get time on their own and that would affect the kids socializing skills because he/she won’t be talk to their peers and getting to know their peers better. I believe the only way recess coaches can be helpful is if kids that want to listen to a teacher during their free time go to recess coach and kids that don’t want to listen to a teacher play on their own.
kids that decide to play on their own will most; likely, keep the childhood culture alive because they are teaching their peers games that they learn in their homes, from their family and this is good because kids tend to learn better when they are being taught by someone their age and not someone older. Therefore “kids learn that friends are cruel and kind they also realize that life is not fair.” when kids begin to realize how people can act a certain way for a couple of years just so they can be friends that’s when kids realize who’s their real friends and who aren’t their real friends.