Although I'm not yet a mother, I feel a bit sad that my children will probably never know such unstructured time with me.

Little unstructured time is left for a family to be just that - a family.

Children usually have more unstructured time and therefore create their own activities to occupy themselves.

For many children, facing this challenge of unstructured time is extremely beneficial.

In general, boys tend to have more difficulty coping with unstructured time than girls do, child development specialists say.

It can be upsetting to see how little unstructured time we allow ourselves.

Kids don't have much unstructured time in their lives anymore.

But some school districts feel that lunch needs to be left alone because children require an unstructured time in the day.

Most children do well with a balance of structured and unstructured time.

Several therapists emphasized the psychological importance of unstructured time for children.