I am trying to complete my assisgnment for my course and one of the questions asks about "What do you think happens when a child has no opportunity to play ( such as in Romanian orphanages), I have thought of child gets depressed, withdrawn but can anyone think of anything else.
Thanks

I think that the child's cognitive abilities would not be as developed as in a child who was allowed to play. Playing allows a child to use his imagination and often to see cause and effect in action. A child would have trouble in problem-solving if he had difficulty imagining solutions.

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Thanks Dorian, I had not thought about that reason.

I would guess that it would cause severe social development problems. Playing helps kids learn to relate to other kids, and to role play (put themselves in other situations, immitate adults, etc). Without play, I'm not sure how they would develop social skills.

Thanks Sarai for your reply,

The lack of stimulation has a great effect on the physical development of any child. Children brought up in institutions have limited opportunities to express themselves in role play and exercise etc and therefore are slower in developing motor skills. Gross motor skills are skills using the large muscles of the body, as in exercise. sports and general movements. Fine motor skills use the small muscles of the body as in hand/eye co-ordination, in activities such as cutting out, drawing, doing up buttons etc.

Have a read at this site

http://www.bensoc.asn.au/parc_search/transracial_article_educate.html

It gives a lot of info about the bringing up of children in orphanages and the effect it has on the child's development.

Good luck in your assignment.

Thanks Jenny, for your reply I have saved the website link as it will be useful for my course.