I need some feedback.

I enjoyed the article. Having been a pre-school teacher and a mother of 2, I found it relevant. Though I couldn't find fault with the article, as a suggestion, I would say that you could put the points to be a little more clear-cut. Maybe bullet it....or number it with a heading for each...the article would be a little more professional then. Another way of making it interesting would be to make short situations instead of telling 'when your child plays with towers'. For example 'Sarah was playing with her blocks. Suddenly, she pushed them.' and then you could continue a little about why she did it. People like to read incidents more and they remember the points better then. I'm not an expert in writing. These are just a few suggestions to make it more interesting. I liked your content:)

Well first off, I definitely agree with your content. In order to improve it in my eyes I would use different words to refer to the toddler(s) as opposed to perpetually using 'your child.' Using alternate words as you started to in the beginning when you made reference to 'your preschooler.' Since 'child' doesn't really have that many applicable, professional sounding alternatives you could perhaps instead not make a reference to -your- child and make the article more general. That opens up a broad range of words that could be used instead, and makes the whole thing sound less repetitive and therefore more appealing to the audience. When the words used are: 'When today's youth play with blocks this happens' rather than 'when your child plays with blocks, he learns' it makes things more generic, and therefore applicable to a broader range of people. Some people (such as myself) don't have children, but are aunts or uncles that still interact with children on a a frequent basis. These people could relate to the article on the 'children in general' level. It also does not limit you to 'When he/she does this, this happens', you can speak about children on a broader scale. This tends to give it a more everyday, commonplace feel, which is what I think you were trying to get at with the references to the children of the reader. I hope I helped.

I really enjoyed reading your article. One reason because I totally agree with it. Being a previous preschool teacher and a mother of a 2 year old I enjoyed reading it. I sit and play with my daughter and read to her and we do make believe and she is a smart cookie. One peice of advice the part that you said about knocking over the blocks. You said that at the beginning and than again, I wouldn't repeat it, I would use a different example. But that is all I would say. Great writing.

I don't like the introduction. Well that was my first impression anyway. I loved the next paragraph though. Remember to talk all I say with a grain of salt though, opening paragraphs are not my strong point either! I have been trying to think of an alternative for you. Maybe something like Play, play, play, that's all preschoolers seem to do. or If you thought your preschooler would be hitting the books, think again. Play is.... or not! As always SC you make some great points and examples and I particularly like the ending that is very strong. Maybe this could be introduced earlier. Good luck let me know when you have leapfrogged hope this helps

Just had one more thought, maybe something about how children have their whole life to be sitting behind a desk of some description being able to play early on is invaluable and builds the foundations for a healthy well adjusted life