Questão de Inglês — Interpretação de Textos (Understanding) — FUNDATEC 2020

Vacations Are Better Holiday Gifts for Children than Toys

If you're stressing about missing Black Friday sales and searching for an alternative to an expensive toy, there's good news: gifting your kids experiences and bonding time instead of things might be better for their soul (and mind!). In  a recent study published in The Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, researchers interviewed close to 500 women between 18 and 93 years old, asking them to answer the question "Most people feel loved when … " — and the most popular answers had nothing to do with receiving items. "Our research found that micromoments of positivity, like a kind word, cuddling, or receiving compassion make people feel most loved," says one of the study's authors, Dr. Zita Oravecz.

Psychological author Oliver James pointed out: "Give a 2-year-old a present and she’ll be interested in the box instead. It's similar with children and travel. We should let them explore their own ways of finding wonder in their surroundings.” Aside from a potential boost to long-term happiness, vacations can make children smarter, according to British child psychologist Dr. Margot Sunderland. "What is less widely known is that vacations can also advance brain development in children," she said. "This is because on a family vacation, you are exercising two genetically ingrained systems deep in the brain's limbic area, which can all too easily be 'unexercised' in the home. These are the PLAY system and the SEEKING system (Panksepp, 2016)." Sunderland continued, explaining that the brain's PLAY system "is exercised every time you bury your child’s feet in the sand, tickle them on the pool lounger, or take them for a ride on your back. The SEEKING system is exercised each time you go exploring together: the forest, the beach, a hidden em of a village."

Sunderland added "So when you take your child on a vacation, you are supporting their explorative urge (SEEKING system), a vital resource for living life well, and their capacity to play (PLAY system). In adulthood, this translates into the ability to play with ideas — essential, for example, to the successful entrepreneur." James says it's worth noting that vacations "remove us, physically, from our highly pressured everyday lives where everyone's focused on meeting targets. They are times when everyone can relax and be playful together." This collaborative playtime — free from toys and technology — is "a crucial human experience, for children especially, but for adults too. Without it, life is very empty and lacking in joy," he added. "Children see the world differently. For example: the way that French cafés have Orangina instead of Fanta is fascinating to kids, and details like that will stick with them for long after the vacation ends."

(Avaliable in: https://people.com/parents/vacations-better-than-toys-holiday-gifts-kids/ – text specially

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According to Oliver James, analyze the following sentences:

I. Kids will remember the fascinating experiences from vacations for a long time.

II. While on vacation, you should keep trying to meet targets.

III. Children cannot see things differently without toys and technology.

Which ones are correct?