CALM AND CONNECTED - EPISODE 12

How Play and Coping Skills are Connected

As you may know, I run two websites - Encourage Play and Coping Skills for Kids. Although at first glance it doesn’t seem like these two are connected, they are - by PLAY!

Some of the things I talk about during this podcast:

Play is an integral part of childhood, and of being human. All of us need to play!
Play (doing something for pure enjoyment) is also a natural way for children and adults to relieve stress.
Two ideas for how parents can encourage play at home