Kids Today – a Fresh Perspective on Childhood
>> Apr 4, 2014
Kids Today – a Fresh Perspective on Childhood -Kids never
stop learning, and every new experience is also a learning experience, one way
or another. While a lot of learning happens in school and during classes,
everyday activities for kids are just as important as scheduled study time. But
as adults, sometimes it seems impossible to try and imagine how kids themselves
experience the world; while we can remember our own childhood, life for
children has changed a lot.
The Kids
Today project, a series of six videos made by Surf Excel that extends their
long established interest in child development and activities for kids, was created because of
this problem. The project aims to explore a children’s perspective on life,
showing us how kids learn, play and have fun – and the results are intriguing.
Understanding kids in today’s world
Being a parent is always challenging –
especially in today’s world, which moves at a very quick pace and leaves little
time to stop and think. Mums especially are often torn between letting their kids
simply enjoy being kids, and making sure they acquire the necessary skills to become
successful and accomplished adults. Our children are busy with schoolwork, have
plenty of extra-curricular activities scheduled, and are easily distracted by
computer games and television programs. It is important, as parents, to understand
what they are going through in order to help them find a healthy balance
between work and play.
The Kids Today Project – a fresh perspective on
childhood in six short films
Kids Today Project
claims to provide a fresh perspective on childhood – and that’s what you get
with these videos. Using the EyeViewcamera,which was designed specifically for the
project, Surf Excel has managed to collect some pretty astonishing footage. A
comfortable head camera, built to stand up to the rough and tumble of life as a
kid, the EyeView is the closest you can get to seeingthe world through the eyes
of a child.
Busy time, play time
The short
films show what life is like for kids – and it looks busy. They often spend
more time studying than their parents do at work, all while balancing a
schedule of classes, activities, and play time, which is sometimes all too
brief.
The series
has six parts, focusing on different aspects of modern childhood. For example,
one shows a day in the life of children, from when they get up to when they go
to bed. A notably timely video explores how children fit into city life, which,
according to the kids filmed, often feels overpowering and noisy, and even
scary. Interestingly, their biggest complaint is that the city restricts space
to just play and be a kid.
Kids Today
is dealing with questions of what it’s like to be child, constantly growing,
constantly experiencing change, with so much to do and discover at the same
time. The films reach some interesting conclusions, the most important of which
is that playtime – experimenting, exploring, and getting messy – is really an
important part of childhood: Not only for fun, but for development, for making
friends, figuring out how the world works, and sometimes, just to relax from a
busy day.
So what
lessons can parents take away from this? Life can get messy for kids at times, and
that’s how it should be. It’s important to embrace messiness as a part of childhood.
And, for all their busyness, kids today are just like us when we were their
age: Inquisitive, fun loving, adventurous, and playful!
3 komentar:
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Kids of today are so fortunate. They are now given more opportunities to explore and improve themselves. I love this post.
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