For Your Binder
Fairplay: Childhood Beyond Brands
Fairplay (formerly Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood) is an independent voice standing up for what kids and families really need. Fairplay is committed to creating a world where kids can be kids, free from the false promises of marketers and the manipulations of Big Tech. There are tons of resources for you here via this link. #play #DAP #parenting #screens #technology
Conceptual split? Parents' and experts' perceptions of play in the 21st century
What say you mom?!?!!? #DAP #play #parenting #teaching #learning
Why Attachment Parenting Is Not the Same as Secure Attachment
In my infant workshops I often remind the audience that attachment parenting (as a style) is different than understanding the theory of attachment. This article, which successfully outlines the differences between the two, is one of the best I have ever read. Additionally, in an age/stage format, it provides a sidebar overview of what secure attachment looks like. Whether you are working with 0-3 age group or not, this is a very important article to have at your fingertips! #DAP #teaching #learning #parenting #relationships #zerotothree
Monkey Bars Are a Menace! They broke my daughter’s arm. Why are they still around?
Short of cocooning our darlings in bubble wrap, nothing’s going to keep them completely safe. #play #outside #risk #movement #parenting #teaching #playgrounds
Let Kids Play With Fire, and Other Rules for Good Parenting
A Q/A session with Gever Tulley, co-author of Fifty Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Children Do #risk #play #DAP #outside #parenting #teaching
Playing to Learn! The Connection between the Body and the Brain
What children do physically in the first few years of life plays a major part in how well they will develop all other abilities, including reading, writing, mathematics and creativity. #movement #DAP #parenting #teaching #learning
Understanding and Applying the Intelligence of Play
Nurture the soil, and the seed grows fully with little attention. Neglect the soil, and the seed’s development is compromised at every step. #play #DAP #teaching #learning #parenting
Play Under Pressure: Surveying parents about children and the state of play
Highlights! Key findings! How to take action! #play #DAP #parenting
The Importance of Play in Promoting Healthy Child Development and Maintaining Strong Parent-Child Bonds
This was the first American Academy of Pediatrics article (well, that caught everyone's attention anyway) that mentioned the importance of play. 11 years later they released another statement but ramped up the language saying that play was crucial to a child's healthy development. I often wonder if they sat around saying to each other, really? we gotta say this again? #DAP #play #parenting #teaching #learning
Nursery University: a reaction piece
I watched the film Nursery University back in 2011. It highlights a few NYC families and their stressful attempts to frantically get their children into the “right” preschool/nursery school. Here is a link to the trailer. My reaction comments are here as well. #pushdown #parenting #play #teaching #learning
Why Do We Judge Parents For Putting Kids At Perceived - But Unreal - Risk?
There is some evidence that moral attitudes towards parenting have changed. Example: leaving children unsupervised is now judged as morally "wrong" and, as such, people overestimate the risk associated with it. #risk #play #parenting #outside
