Recently, when some parents took their children to visit the mall, they found that there was a place that was enclosed and opened a "mud theme park".
As the name suggests, it is a place for children to play with muddy water.
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Playing in the muddy water in the mall sounds like a big surprise.
I saw many children fully armed: wearing orange protective clothing, stepping on rain boots, wrapping their hair, carrying buckets and shovels in their hands, walking in the muddy water to play.
The way to play is to shovel muddy water into a bucket, or kick the water with your feet, as if some small balls are placed in the water to add fun to the children to "treasure hunting".
The pale brown muddy water was visibly diluted, and shallow was not above the instep. Obviously it is muddy water linked to dirty and unclean, but under the illumination of the mall lights, it looks particularly clean, clear, and full of absurdity.
According to the parents, the parents who are lying around and watching their children play in the water are taking their children to experience playing in muddy water in order to let them experience the creek and simulate the joy of playing in nature.
Such a mud experience is not cheap, priced at 266 yuan three times, valid for three months.
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Trying to experience the joy of being close to nature by playing in the mud and water in the mall is considered ridiculous and speechless to many people.
But there are many people who say: This is the development of the times! Where there is demand, there is a market.
For a small amount of money, the child can play safely and cleanly, making up for the regret of not having contact with the creek and river before, and will not stain the clothes, nor will he come into contact with unclean illness, which is really cost-effective!
Parents can also take a break from the side, which is simply a win-win.
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Back in the day, we could swim barefoot in the creek, happily touch the fish, and experience the real wet feeling of mud.
And these children live in big cities, far away from the countryside and countryside, saying that they play with muddy water, wrapped tightly, and have no contact with mud at all, but in fact, for them are "artificial false happiness", and they cannot feel the simple nature.
In fact, empathy, these parents who are willing to spend money to let their children play in the muddy water in the mall are all out of one word.
They are afraid that their children will be hurt, that they will be dirty, that they will be tired, that they will be in danger. Once in the natural environment, they feel that danger lurks and that it is safe only in an artificially enclosed space.
They provide children with "exquisite education", and derive artificial games such as skipping rope training classes, feeding goldfish with bottles, spending money to wash cars, etc., carefully caring for the growth of greenhouse flowers.
In fact, behind it is the panic of parents about uncertain factors, and the children raised in this way spend a lot, experience a lot, and gain little.
The process of education is to experience growth for children and learn to let go for parents.
Life is not only dirty and tired, but also difficult and frustrated, is everything to be accompanied by parents all the way, carefully protected, as if in the muddy water to be tightly wrapped.
Children who have been in a delicate education have lost the ability to truly feel nature and the courage to explore the unknown. Many well-cared for children are more frail and sentimental than those who run around outside all day.
Sometimes, an education that is too refined is actually a failure.