The cover story in this week's New York Times Magazine Taking Play Seriously by Robin Marantz Henig has been the focus of so many sessions, emails and questions.
My short answer. PLAY. PLAY. PLAY. PLAY. Play on. Play again. Play some more. Hey - wanna play? Let's play and of course the classic "let's go out and play". I think that just about covers it.
I won't go into the myriad educational, psychological, neurological, sociological or psychosocial reasons here. Any of you who want to discuss that in more depth we can do that during your sessions, workshops etc. But for now, for today, for here and now. Play. Play. Play. Let your children play and as I discussed in my blog post for Daily Life Consulting - Kick Start Self Coaching, you go play too!
Life can be full of serious moments and experiences. At the same time, life can and should be full of play and happiness.
Marlena said this morning during a workshop that she "needs permission" to play. Well, Marlena and all the rest of you who need permission. Poof! I wave my magic wand and give you permission. Whew! Don't you feel better now? And I "give you" permission because the best way your children can learn to play and have fun and enjoy life is if they see you doing it.
Children learn and grow by doing and playing. Same goes for big children and adults.
Enjoy the day your way and don't forget to play along the way,
RK
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Monday, September 10, 2007
The Dangerous Book for Boys - WebMD article with some of my thoughts
Kids Playing: Slingshots vs. Video Games
Is The Dangerous Book for Boys really that dangerous, or is it just what we need?
By Denise Mann
WebMD Feature
Great article about the current bestseller The Dangerous Book For Boys by Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden. I was happy to speak to the author of the article Denise Mann and WebMD about my thoughts on the book and its' subject matter. Here's some of what I had to say, I've included a link to the entire WebMD article below.
Questions of Safety
When asked if she believes this new book is dangerous, Rebecca Kiki Weingarten, MScEd, MFA, a psychotherapist and the co-founder/coach of Daily Life Consulting in New York City, says that "it all depends on what you mean by dangerous. In a way, children live in a more dangerous world all around today then they did in the past."
We rarely see kids playing outside on the block because of crime, she points out.
This lack of perceived safety has sired the whole concept of the “helicopter parent," she explains. "Parents literally don’t let their kids breathe and everything is so, so controlled that kids end up in the house using technological toys," she says.
"They do this to the exclusion of other activities, and kids’ attention spans become shorter, and some of the content of these video games is really way inappropriate and not psychologically healthy," she says.
In this sense, "this book is a backlash," she says.
This book also sires father-son bonding, she tells WebMD.
"It's a way to connect boys with fathers," Weingarten says. "Boys can now say, 'hey can you help me make this paper airplane,' and fathers and sons are doing projects together, and that is fantastic," she says.
In terms of physical danger posed by some of these activities, "kids scrape their knees and break their bones, it happens," she says.
"Playing is crucial, and play is learning, and that is what everyone is forgetting, and a book like this brings it back," she says.
And that is sort of what the brothers Iggulden were hoping for when they first put pen to paper.
"The original idea came about when I had a son of my own in 2000," Conn Iggulden explains. "I started looking for the sort of books I enjoyed as a boy and couldn’t find any with the sort of verve and attitude I wanted."
From there, the Iggulden brothers worked for six months in a shed, reliving everything they had ever done as kids and a few things they cared about as adults. "We honestly thought no one else would be interested, [and] it’s been enormously satisfying finding out that society has moved on from the dubious decades where we all pretended boys and girls were the same."
http://www.webmd.com/parenting/features/kids-playing-slingshots-vs-video-games?page=1
Is The Dangerous Book for Boys really that dangerous, or is it just what we need?
By Denise Mann
WebMD Feature
Great article about the current bestseller The Dangerous Book For Boys by Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden. I was happy to speak to the author of the article Denise Mann and WebMD about my thoughts on the book and its' subject matter. Here's some of what I had to say, I've included a link to the entire WebMD article below.
Questions of Safety
When asked if she believes this new book is dangerous, Rebecca Kiki Weingarten, MScEd, MFA, a psychotherapist and the co-founder/coach of Daily Life Consulting in New York City, says that "it all depends on what you mean by dangerous. In a way, children live in a more dangerous world all around today then they did in the past."
We rarely see kids playing outside on the block because of crime, she points out.
This lack of perceived safety has sired the whole concept of the “helicopter parent," she explains. "Parents literally don’t let their kids breathe and everything is so, so controlled that kids end up in the house using technological toys," she says.
"They do this to the exclusion of other activities, and kids’ attention spans become shorter, and some of the content of these video games is really way inappropriate and not psychologically healthy," she says.
In this sense, "this book is a backlash," she says.
This book also sires father-son bonding, she tells WebMD.
"It's a way to connect boys with fathers," Weingarten says. "Boys can now say, 'hey can you help me make this paper airplane,' and fathers and sons are doing projects together, and that is fantastic," she says.
In terms of physical danger posed by some of these activities, "kids scrape their knees and break their bones, it happens," she says.
"Playing is crucial, and play is learning, and that is what everyone is forgetting, and a book like this brings it back," she says.
And that is sort of what the brothers Iggulden were hoping for when they first put pen to paper.
"The original idea came about when I had a son of my own in 2000," Conn Iggulden explains. "I started looking for the sort of books I enjoyed as a boy and couldn’t find any with the sort of verve and attitude I wanted."
From there, the Iggulden brothers worked for six months in a shed, reliving everything they had ever done as kids and a few things they cared about as adults. "We honestly thought no one else would be interested, [and] it’s been enormously satisfying finding out that society has moved on from the dubious decades where we all pretended boys and girls were the same."
http://www.webmd.com/parenting/features/kids-playing-slingshots-vs-video-games?page=1
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