Learn how rough-and-tumble play can nurture close connections, encourage resilience, and boost confidence with 45 illustrated activities to get you started. Every kid needs horseplay! Roughhousing is an essential part of childhood development but it is increasingly overshadowed by screens and structured activities. In Unplug and Play, a doctor and a child psychologist, both dads, introduce parents to the benefits of physical play for young children. Drawing from gymnastics, martial arts, ballet, team sports, and even animal behavior, the authors present fun full-contact activities for parents and children to enjoy together, including: Human Cannonball Magic Carpet Ride Steamroller Jousting Raucous Pillow Fight And more! With activities for everyone from toddlers to kids ages 12 and up, you ll build a foundation for a lifetime of enriching physical play. Previously published as The Art of Roughhousing, this updated edition incorporates new child development research and addresses the changing role of screen time.
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Dimensions: 140 x 191mm
Publication Date: 07 Mar 2023
Publisher: Quirk Books
Publication City/Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781683693499
About Anthony T. DeBenedetLawrence CohenM.D.
Anthony T. DeBenedet M.D. is a practicing physician behavioural-science enthusiast and energetic dad. His interviews and writings on play health wellness and behaviour have run in multiple major media outlets. He is the author of Playful Intelligence: The Power of Living Lightly in a Serious World (Santa Monica Press 2018). DeBenedet lives in Ann Arbor Michigan. Lawrence Cohen is a licensed psychologist author and consultant living in Portland Oregon. Larry is the author of The Opposite of Worry a book for parents about childhood anxiety and fears and Playful Parenting an award-winning book about nurturing close connections solving behaviour problems and encouraging children's confidence. He is also co-author with Michael Thompson and Catherine O'Neill Grace of Best Friends Worst Enemies: Friendship Popularity and Social Cruelty in the Lives of Boys and Girls and Mom They're Teasing Me: Helping Children Solve Social Problems. He specializes in children's play and play therapy.