In my last blog, I highlighted that importance of play for decreasing childhood stress. I recently reviewed an article titled “Playtime in Peril” by Lean Winerman (published in the September 2009 edition of the Monitor, a publication of the American Psychological Association). As greater and greater emphasis has been placed on high stakes testing, school …Read More
The Importance of Play
Apr 18, 2009
The importance of play is underrated. Kids and adults both need it, as detailed in the Feb/Mar 2009 cover story in Scientific American Mind. The kind of play I’m talking about here is unstructured, creative play. Yes, board, card, and video games have their place as well, but free play is too often getting squeezed …Read More