Why is playing important?

Some adults think that when children play they are wasting their time and that it is more important to study. They couldn’t be more wrong. Children need to play both by themselves and with others as they develop their personalities this way. Babies, especially, learn through playing, and children’s games change as they grow up, until they reach an age where they are gradually replaced by other activities and pastimes. Adults do not play in the same way as children, but they also need leisure interests – more than ever now that working hours are less – both to amuse themselves and to relax.