The Boredom Effect By Ellen Ruppel Shell

Response What is play, especially in the context of children? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, play means “recreational activity”. However, in today’s society, play for kids becomes less recreational and more educational. In the essay “The Boredom Effect” by Ellen Ruppel Shell, the author discussed the difference in the lives of children in recent years and in years when she is a child, the reason behind this dissimilarity, and both advantages and disadvantages of two methods of “play”. Compared to the structured activities to play for today’s kids, from the time when Shell was kid, the activities are much more random and creative and the potential reason for this transformation might related to the competitive nature of current