... , experts believe that parenting styles can be broken down into three main categories which include permissive, authoritarian, and authoritative. The style of parenting with which children are raised can profoundly affect their social development, as well ... life situations as adults. Parents who follow the permissive style of parenting have very few rules, no consistent limits, and more often than not give in to their children. In a permissive family, the children are in charge. This ... not learn to think for themselves or to make good decisions and are often afraid of their parents....

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... early years' children, mainly during 3-4 years and particularly girls in terms of building confidence. This view is supported by Johnson et al (2002) in that young children gain a variety of opportunities during outdoor play to develop their social skills and social competences (such as jumping, running, climbing, hide and seek and explore the natural world unchallenged). In addition, ... most theorists found that outdoor pretend play was the most dominant and influential form of play (Bilton, 2002); Vygotsky and Piaget assert that pretend play provides young children with the ... oppo...

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... outside with their siblings and were often pushed out the front door by their parents with strict instructions not to return home until the street lamps turn on. Kids of varying ages, genders and ethnicity would be outside playing for hours. Tag, hide & seek, and red rover were the ... favored past times among children. Imaginations ran wild with new games and different rules. Whatever the weather, children were out having fun. ... The neighborhood kids designed rival "gangs" and built clubhouses. There was the game of telephone, and by the time ... outside children interact in a hand...

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