Research Project: Child Exercise and Parental Influence on Activity

This research project critically analyzes whether parents should force their children to exercise. The introduction highlights the importance of exercise for children's growth and development, while acknowledging the challenges of modern lifestyles. The project outlines its aim, objectives, and research methodology, including positivism, descriptive design, and a mixed-methods approach using both qualitative and quantitative data. The thematic and statistical analyses explore the importance of exercise, the reasons for children's lack of physical activity (overload studies, technology, indoor activities, and video games), and the advantages of exercise. The findings and conclusion recommend that parents should not force exercise due to potential negative impacts such as reduced self-esteem, anger, and physical injury. The project emphasizes the need for alternative approaches to promote children's physical activity and wellbeing. References from various research papers are included.

Research Project
TO CRITICALLY ANALYZE THAT WEATHER PARENTS SHOULD FORCE THEIR
CHILDREN TO DO EXERCISE OR NOT”

Introduction
 Like adults, children also needs exercise for their growth and development.
 Regular exercise helps in reducing the level of stress, feeling better, increasing their learning in school and keeping
physical feet.
 Most of the children do not take interest in doing regular exercise. .
 Some parents force their children for doing regular exercise.
 But as per the current life style kids spend their time in watching TV, running and playing.
 It reduces their interest and time for exercise.
 So, author wants to determine that weather parents should force their children to do exercise or not.
 Structure of the research project
 Introduction
 Literature review
 Research methodology
 Data analysis
 Conclusion and recommendation

Aim and Objectives
 Aim
 “To critically analyze that weather parents should force their children to do
exercise or not”.
 Objectives:
 To determine different reasons by which children cannot do exercise on
regular basis.
 To critically analyze the major advantages and disadvantages of exercise for
children.
 To determine the major impact of forcefully exercise on children.

Research Methodology
 Research Philosophy: Positivism
 Research Design: Descriptive
 Research Technique: Qualitative and Quantitative
 Data Collection method: Primary and secondary
 Sampling: Random number sampling
 Data analysis: Thematic and statistical analysis

Data analysis: a) Thematic analysis
Theme 1: Importance of exercise for children.
 physical exercise is very important for maintaining
physical and mental health of children.
 Reducing the level of stress.
 Maintaining fitness of bones, muscles and joints.
 Reducing the overweight of child.
 Probability of occurring diseases is also reduced.

b) Statistical analysis :
Reasons by which children cannot do exercise on regular basis
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7
4
5
What are the major reasons by which children cannot do exercise on regular basis?
Overload studies
Technological advancement
Attraction in indoor activities
Spending time in playing video games and
TV

Advantages of exercise for children
Reduce the level of stress Improve the physical fitness Reduce the chances to become
overweight
Reduce the probability of
occurring diseases
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1
2
3
4
5
6
7
4
5
6
5
What are the major advantages of exercise for children?

Adverse effect of forcefully exercise
on children
Self-Esteem Issues
Burnout and Developing Interests
Resentment
Prevention
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4
6
4
6
What are the adverse effect of forcefully exercise on children?

Findings and conclusion
 Major reasons of about that un-involvement of child in physical exercise include overload
studies, technological advancement, attraction in indoor activities and spending time in
playing video games and TV.
 Physical exercise is beneficial for reducing the level of stress, improving the physical fitness,
reducing the chances to become overweight and probability of occurring diseases.
 Parents should not force to their children for physical exercise.
 It will have different negative impacts on their health
 Reduces their self-esteem
 It ends up with angriness with parents.
 Creates a chances in wrong move which can lead physical injury in child.
 Reduce the interest of child in physical exercise.

References
 Caan, W., Stanley, N., and Manthorpe, J., 2006. Depression and persistent effects on work:
an ‘expert patient’ survey of 500 social workers. Journal of Public Mental Health. 5(4).
pp.38 – 44.
 Lu, K.D. and et.al, 2015. Obesity, Asthma, and Exercise in Child and Adolescent
Health.Pediatric exercise science.
 McMillan, J. H. and Schumacher, S., 2014. Research in education: Evidence-based inquiry.
Pearson Higher Ed.
 Moritz, M.L. and Lauridson, J.R., 2015. Fatal Hyponatremic Encephalopathy as a Result of
Child Abuse From Forced Exercise. The American journal of forensic medicine and
pathology.
 O'Brien, T.D. and et.al, 2015. Well‐being, health and fitness of children who use
wheelchairs: Feasibility study protocol to develop child‐centred ‘keep‐fit’exercise
interventions. Journal of advanced nursing. 71(2). pp.430-440.

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