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Let your children take the lead. Become part of their game rather than trying to dictate the play. In pretend play, let your child call the shots, make the rules, and determine the pace of play. Ask questions and follow along—you'll likely get drawn into imaginative new worlds that are fun for you, too. Make play age-appropriate and consider safety. If a game is too hard or too easy, it loses its sense of pleasure and fun. Help your child find age-appropriate activities and understand any safety rules for play. Nothing ruins a fun game faster than a child getting hurt. How to play more Hoppes, S.; Wilcox, T.; Graham, G. (2001). "Meanings of play for older adults". Physical & Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics. 18 (3): 57–68. doi: 10.1300/j148v18n03_04.

Social benefits of play have been measured using basic interpersonal values such as getting along with peers. [68] Play with parents reduces anxiety in children. Having play time with parents that involves socially acceptable behaviour makes it easier for children to relate to be more socially adjusted to peers at school or at play. [68] Social development involving child interaction with peers is thus an area of influence for playful interactions with parents and peers. Improve brain function. Playing chess, completing puzzles, or pursuing other fun activities that challenge the brain can help prevent memory problems and improve brain function. The social interaction of playing with family and friends can also help ward off stress and depression. Play could be simply goofing off with friends, sharing jokes with a coworker, throwing a frisbee on the beach, dressing up on Halloween with your kids, building a snowman in the yard, playing fetch with a dog, acting out charades at a party, or going for a bike ride with your spouse with no destination in mind. There doesn’t need to be any point to the activity beyond having fun and enjoying yourself. By giving yourself permission to play with the joyful abandon of childhood, you can reap oodles of health benefits throughout life. The benefits of play Gray, P. (2013), Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for LifeSome people believe that not as much talent and understanding is needed to play the piano in this way. Reading music is hard, and therefore it can be easy to assume that those who don’t bother to learn to read the musical staff find it hard to fully understand how music works.

Byers, Boyd (2007-02-23). "Playing at work and working at play". Kansas Employment Law Letter. Archived from the original on 2010-02-17. Arrange nights out with work colleagues: bowling, playing pool, miniature golf, or singing karaoke. Give your child your undivided attention. Turn off the TV and your cell phone and make time to play with your child without distraction. Having your undivided attention makes your child feel special.

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As an adult with responsibilities, pressures and targets, it can be easy to lose sight of those small moments of play in day-to-day life. But these moments make up the most memorable parts of the everyday and the funniest memories of friends and family. Wenner, Melinda (2009). "The Serious Need for Play". Scientific American. 20: 22–29. doi: 10.1038/scientificamericanmind0209-22. Free, imaginative play is crucial for normal social, emotional and cognitive development. It makes us better adjusted, smarter and less stressed. a b c d Huizinga, J. (1980). Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play Element in Culture (PDF) (3rded.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7100-0578-6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-01 . Retrieved 3 June 2015. Your enjoyment of play can depend on both your personality and your willingness to be open to new forms of conversation and experiences. Proyer suggests that if you're most playful at home with your partner or family, for example, try using similar conversational techniques with colleagues or more distant friends and observe the results. With the evidence so strongly pointing towards a wide array of social benefits, it can't hurt to look a little harder for those small moments that make a much bigger difference than you might think to both yourself and the people you interact with. American historian Howard Chudacoff studied the interplay between parental control of toys and games and children's drive for freedom to play. In the colonial era, toys were makeshift and children taught each other very simple games with little adult supervision. The market economy of the 19th century enabled the modern concept of childhood as a distinct, happy life stage. [ citation needed] Factory-made dolls and doll houses delighted young girls. Organized sports filtered down from adults and colleges, and boys learned to play with a bat, a ball, and an impromptu playing field.

At an indigenous community of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia, children's play is highly valued and encouraged by leaders and parents. They interact with the children of different ages and explore together different environments to let the children express themselves as part of the group. [22]He gives the example of The Mindfulness Coloring Book: Anti-Stress Art Therapy for Busy People by Emma Farrarons which aims to make the embarrassing act of adult colouring socially acceptable when associated with the "alibi" of it being therapy for successful people.

Mildred calls Meredith for Mark's funeral, as he was the high school sweetheart, then husband, who had left her for a man. Returning home with Mildred, Meredith goes next door to her parents', Hannah and Paul's, where the anniversary preparations are well on their way. Sister Gracie appears to help, and little sister Joan breezes in at the last moment. Taking the time to replenish yourself through play is one of the best ways you can help your career. When the project you're working on hits a serious glitch, take some time out to play and have a few laughs. Taking a pause for play does a lot more than take your mind off the problem. When you play, you engage the creative side of your brain and silence your “inner editor,” that psychological barrier that censors your thoughts and ideas. This can often help you see the problem in a new light and think up fresh, creative solutions. Playing at work:

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Play can also influence one's social development and social interactions. Much of the research focuses on the influence play has on child social development. There are different forms of play that influence child social development. One study [68] explored the influence of playing styles with mothers versus playing styles with fathers and how it influences child social development. "[I]ntegral to positive development is the child's social competence or, more precisely, the ability to regulate their own emotions and behaviors in the social contexts of early childhood to support the effective accomplishment of relevant developmental tasks." [69]