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How the Lack of Recreational Activities in Small Towns Affects the Development of Children
Chance Copp
Daleville High School

Author Note Chance Copp, Department of, Daleville High School

How the Lack of Recreational Activities in Small Towns Affects the Development of Children Although there is nothing wrong with growing up in a small town, children that do are usually not as sociable as children that grow up in more urban areas, they tend to have a duller childhood, and they don’t know how to talk to people as well. Many sociologist have done research in the area of childhood development and how growing up in certain environments can affect how they are later in life, but one question has remained unanswered: How do children …show more content…

One of the main reasons for this is simply peer pressure and the lack of anything else for the residents to do to keep their minds busy.” (p. 341). After looking at the research done by these two researchers you are able to get a partial answer to the question that is being asked. After studying the work that they have done you are able to determine that a major reason for the lack of social skill in rural raised children can simply be blamed on drug use and the desire to be alone so that they can become intoxicated or high. While this may be true it is also just as easy to say that they are socially challenged because they are secluded and away from the mainstream …show more content…

The answer could be as simple as: since rural children are secluded from mainstream society they are going to be more likely to be less sociable than their urban counterparts and that because of their lack of recreational activities in their communities that they are more likely to engage in illegal activities such as drug use to try and entertain themselves. While this may answer the question, a lot of the answer still remains to be unfound. In order to fully answer this question more research needs to be done into the subject and we need to get the input of children in these communities. A good way to continue this research would be to go into rural communities that recently added recreational activities and see how it has changed the youth in those communities. Researchers will continue to go over this topic for years to come and one day they will be able to find a complete answer to the question, but for now this answer will have to suffice.

Reference
Conger, R., & Elder, G. H. (1994). Families in troubled times: adapting to change in rural America. New York, IA: Aldine de Gruyter.
Indicators of rural youth drug use. (1988). Journal of Youth and Adolescence,17(4), 335-347.
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