How to fight less with your kids at home
Dear reader, I am on maternity leave, and I scheduled this story before I took a break so that you
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Category: Play
Do you share your childhood games with your children?
We journalists should never act as psychologists, especially when it comes to the topic of how to approach children. Yet
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We don’t know how children actually see the world
Something terrible has happened to Baidui, my son Lorenzo’s imaginary friend. He was a child, but also an uncle. A
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Why a child’s imagination is a superpower
Baidui is a child, but he’s also an uncle. He is a boy, but he’s also a mother. He is
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How do we really listen to kids about their needs?
Some like to call children our future. It’s technically true: they will most likely outlive us adults. They have more
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Let’s remember our happy moments of play as children to regain our playful spirit as adults
Photo Credit: Drops of Joy / Maria Farinha Films Let me start off this week by welcoming those who are
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What access to free play tells us about our attitudes towards children
(Header photo by Jien Chun)What do you see when you have a child in front of you? Do you see
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How a snowy morning can bring out our inner child
If you live in Greece by the sea and still have your bikini in the dirty clothes bin from your
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Nearly forty, going on four: why there’s no age limit on the benefits of play
It was Saturday and we were trying to be efficient. Market, check. Groceries, check. Pharmacy, check. It’s as if I
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How to be a grown-up in a pandemic
A friend in Madrid is snowed in and has to work throughout the night because her kids can’t leave the
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