Children studying in their free time is a topic of considerable debate between parents. While both viewpoints hold merit, I agree that study process should not be included in students’ spare time.
On one hand, school program is voluminous and children cannot address all disciplines in school time. Learning new information on 7-8 different subjects every day spending only 45 minutes on each makes it impossible for students to organize in-coming knowledges and remember needed things. As a result, the only way to fill the gaps is to spend their spare time which is free from lessons, hobbies, and homeworks, to review everything they might have missed during the school.
On the other hand, as mentioned before, children spend at least 7 hours a day studying. Some days are even harder: they have tests or exams. Sitting at your desk, listening lectures while taking notes, do labs, and interacting with peers and educators are already too overvhelming. Obviously, these conditions make students’ brains exhausted and leading them to burnouts. To support students’ mental health, they have to be able to spend their free time resting and hanging out avoiding overworking.
In conclusing, both positions have strong arguments supporting their views but prioritizing different things. It is absolutely understandable why some parents worry about their children not getting enough knowledges at lessons and believe that children need to compensate it by studying in their free time. However, I support the other parents’ view about pressure students may have under these conditions.