I’ve seen some great articles on the importance of play in the past few months. This is a good thing. While people all over the country continue to argue for or against changes in public education, the truth is that our children are the ones caught in the middle. Our children are experiencing high levels of stress and insufficient time to play.
Play is crucial for developing minds. And before you start to think that this only applies to very young children, it actually applies to kids of all ages. The benefits of child-centered unstructured play are well-documented, and we need to start giving kids more free time to tap into play.
I’m super proud of this article over on HuffPost Parents this week, and truly humbled by the positive response to it. If we all work together, we can decrease stress levels for children and raise happy kids.
Please head over there and check out “Stressed Out in America: 5 Reasons to Let Your Kids Play”.
