Relationship of Parental Child Rearing Attitudes and Preschoolers' Creative Potential to the Selection of Structured and Unstructured Play Activities

Abstract

The ability to generate new ideas, to propose unique solutions, and create original products is vital to a society striving for progress but teeming with unsolved problems. Yet, children often seem to lose their creative spark during the educational process amid the pressure to conform, produce, and succeed. Parents and educators alike are concerned with the environment most conducive to ensuring competency but preserving and developing creative expression. This study seeks to assess the relationship of both the home and school environment to the creative expression of young children.