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Using Play to Navigate Seasons of Change

Using Play to Navigate Seasons of Change

Our lives are continuously changing. We shift in between seasons of life, move to a new home, change jobs, or make new and different choices regarding our health and lifestyle.As...

Using Play to Navigate Seasons of Change

Our lives are continuously changing. We shift in between seasons of life, move to a new home, change jobs, or make new and different choices regarding our health and lifestyle.As...

Screentime Instead of Feelings; The Implications of Screens During Routine Tasks

Screentime Instead of Feelings; The Implication...

Conversations about screen time are usually lead with the topic of how much is too much. Standards are offered that place some specific time frame as the optimal amount of...

Screentime Instead of Feelings; The Implication...

Conversations about screen time are usually lead with the topic of how much is too much. Standards are offered that place some specific time frame as the optimal amount of...

The Weavings of Attachment and Play

The Weavings of Attachment and Play

Play is an innate behaviour in children. The urge to play is woven into their biology and into the blueprint of who they are. We know this because of how...

The Weavings of Attachment and Play

Play is an innate behaviour in children. The urge to play is woven into their biology and into the blueprint of who they are. We know this because of how...

Stop Forcing Early Independence

Stop Forcing Early Independence

Within Western cultures we seem to have moved into an obsession with encouraging independence. We glorify the children who can separate from caregivers without strong emotions or meet developmental milestones...

Stop Forcing Early Independence

Within Western cultures we seem to have moved into an obsession with encouraging independence. We glorify the children who can separate from caregivers without strong emotions or meet developmental milestones...

Supporting Children and Multiple Intelligences

Supporting Children and Multiple Intelligences

What is intelligence?When asked that question, what is the first thing that comes to mind? For many of us, we think about academic intelligence – proof of which is usually...

Supporting Children and Multiple Intelligences

What is intelligence?When asked that question, what is the first thing that comes to mind? For many of us, we think about academic intelligence – proof of which is usually...

Should Kids Play with Toy Guns?

Should Kids Play with Toy Guns?

This blog post was prompted by a conversation I had recently with someone from within our Raising Play community. She expressed concern to me that her son had started to...

Should Kids Play with Toy Guns?

This blog post was prompted by a conversation I had recently with someone from within our Raising Play community. She expressed concern to me that her son had started to...