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Do we even need to play with our kids? What the research says

October 30, 2023 • Childhood Rising | Hannah Warren • Season 3 • Episode 3

What does the research say about playing with our kids?

We start to explore exactly this in today's podcast episode. The results might not be what you were expecting..

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Citations:
Schneider M, Falkenberg I andBerger P (2022) Parent-Child Play and the Emergence of Externalizing and Internalizing Behavior Problems in Childhood: A Systematic Review. Front. Psychol. 13:822394. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.822394

DiFederico, Kellie, "The Value of Parental Involvement in Play Therapy with Children Exposed to Trauma: A Literature Review" (2021). Expressive Therapies Capstone Theses. 439. https://digitalcommons.lesley.edu/expressive_theses/439

Stephen Edward McMillin, PhD1, Lacey Hall, MS, CCC-SLP2, Margaret W. Bultas, PhD, RN, CNE, CPNP-PC1, Sarah E. Grafeman, PhD3, Jennifer Wilmott, MSW, MPH1, Rolanda Maxim, MD1, and Debra H. Zand, PhD Knowledge of Child Development as a Predictor of Mother-Child Play Interactions.Clinical Pediatrics 2015, Vol. 54(11) 1117–1119. DOI: 10.1177/0009922815581763 cpj.sagepub.com