Recess

My research paper will be focused on recess and whether or not it is important for a child's development and growth. I chose this topic because my major is Communication Science & Disorders. Plus, there have been incidences when a child would be taken out of recess in order to work on their speech, language, and communication skills. Child development specialists question the pros and cons of recess. Writing this research paper would also help my knowledge in the field later on. Database categories such as education and communication would be beneficial to my research paper because education deals with recess and communication deals with the overall interaction that goes on in school. Pros of recess include: growth in social skills (cooperating, communicating, and respecting others), resolving conflict, sharing, and self-discipline. On the other hand, the Cons are: time away from learning, children begin focusing more on sports, chatting (gossip), and a hierarchy is slowly established (popular and non-popular kids). I believe recess is important because it allows children do whatever they want, although with slight boundaries, these are still able to develop life skills.