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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can go back to No Child Left Behind during the Bush years when schools pretty much got rid off recess in favor of endless standardized tests. That was a disaster for young boys. They need those free form times to play, to do sports, to burn energy, and most importantly learn how to socialize and create order amongst themselves.

We took that away from boys and now wonder why they’re often not great in group dynamics and are always restless. Many boys have missed a really important part of the socialization process because of how miserable we made school. Then throw in phones, which is also a problem for girls, but tends to really isolate boys and make them fearful of taking risks. I feel like parents have to work hard to counter all these negative things for boys.
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This did not happen around here. A myth to me. Recess didn't change. Eventually more was added in FCPS but that was from research on the benefit of Recess,  not to bring back Recess.  It was never removed. [/quote]

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