题目内容：

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Our fearful society has locked down most of what older generations used 1.(take) for granted, especially unscheduled and unsupervised(无人监督的)play, or free play, for children, just the thought of 2., these days, gives the average mom a mild heart attack.

As a matter of fact, however, free play is one of 3. most valuable educational opportunities 4. (provide) for our children, and it is nature's means of teaching children that they are not helpless. In free play, away 5. adults, children learn to make their own decisions, solve their own problems, and get along with others as equals.

It's time we gave children the 6.(free) to think and experience 'outside the box'. Their viewpoints and preferences show us that what children think is not 7. (necessary) what their parents think they think. Children are not robots — they are unique. They should 8. (give) the space to be children, in the way that only they know how. Expecting children to know how to make wise decisions and look after 9. (they) when we limit their opportunities to do that 10. (make) about as much sense as expecting them to know how to drive safely without ever letting them practice.