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The power of play

30/4/2020

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David Lowe

​This story first appeared in Echo Healing in April 2020

At the moment many parents are spending more time with their children than ever before, which has its wonderful and awful aspects. There's been a lot of focus on home-schooling and parents skilling up to become de-facto teachers. But the situation also presents possibilities for parents to learn from their kids – about play.
Play can mean a lot of different things. It can be about exploration, testing things, fantasy, finding out how things work, developing talents (and muscles), improving defenses and imagining different points of view. Play contributes to creative thinking and allows the safe release of strong feelings. It also releases stress…READ MORE
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