The article “all work and no play: why your kids are more anxious, depressed” by Esther Entin is about how today children play time is declining continually. It is also a concern that kid’s development is being affected by not having enough play time. Children’s play time have been noted to be declining from 1981, kids are now spending more time in school, doing school work and in the house. Esther makes a point that the parents, when growing up, spend more time outside playing with friends but now there kids spend less time playing and more time in the house. Esther also makes the point that parents can also be a reason that their kids do not spends more time playing having fun, worrying about their child’s safety parents keep their children insight as much as they can.   While a child is developing they learn to several things to help them throughout life such as making decisions, solving problems, learn self-control, and following rules. Play time can help developing children learn these things   which will help them in life. A child learning to make decisions can help them become more independent and strong and be able to make health decisions that make deciding what they want to do in life easier. Let’s put the statics of play time down for now, a child should be a child and play around because soon they are going to grow up and will have to get jobs and take care a family and will have to put the childish things away.