Objective: The purpose of this study is to gain basic information for parental
education by investigating parent’s implementation and perception of children’s
right to play.
Methods: The subjects of this study were 458 parents who have a child in
kindergarten or 1st grade of elementary school in J city. The research tool used
in this study, the Parent’s Perception of and Implementation for Children’s Right
to Play(PPICRP), was developed by researchers. PPICRP is a 5type rating scale
questionnaire which includes the selection of a space for play, play time, play
mate, instrument, etc. The data were analyzed by using the SPSS 18.0 program.
Results: The results showed that the parent’s implementation for children’s right
to play was lower than the parent’s perception of it except for the selection of
play instrument.
Conclusion/Implications: The results of this study imply that there is a need for
parent education which contains concepts and stresses the importance of play,
which implement children’s right to play. The unexpected result in the play
instrument, the excessive organization of the play by adults, and the difference
of parent’s implementation according to the gender of their children were further
discussed.