The Society of Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention, Hong Kong (SRACP) and JCI Tsuen Wan jointly conducted a questionnaire survey in July this year and managed to get 536 children aged 4-12 and their parent's responses. The result found that children's average daily learning time under the epidemic was 3.9 hours, and the average daily free play time was 2.6 hours. However, 38% of children still spent less than one hour of free play time per day, which was less than the recommendation of UNICEF.
Play has a positive impact on children's academic, emotional and social development. Our research team suggests that instructional and structured play can help children establish social norms, improve communication skills and emotional expression. Parents are encouraged to spend an average of at least 30 minutes a day playing with their children, aiming to foster quality parent-child time and promote parent-child relationships.
