Play is considered an important part of a child's
development. However, we live in a competitive
world, and children may have limited choices
unless they are academically gifted. Do you think
it is important for young children to have
unstructured activities like free play? Why or why
not? Should children have more structured
activities, or activities that will help them improve
their academic skills? Why or why not?

you can argue either side.

Explanation:

if you're going for yes, their play should be unstructured... you can argue that unstructured play can develop their character independently. you can look up why free play is good for kids.

if you're arguing that they should have structured play, you can say that imagination is good and all but the kids should have a topic to what they're playing so when theyre playing they also learn things that are helpful in the process.

if it is an essay, be sure to use a counter argument in one of the paragraphs. (arguing the other side)