True Play: Why Kids Need Play Sanctuaries for Their Emotions
Play is not urgent. It will not wake a child up in the middle of the night like a bad dream or a bladder in…
Portfolio Categories: Boredom
Irreducible Needs: What Kids Must Have to Thrive
Raffi Cavoukian, a children’s singer, songwriter, and child advocate, wrote a song titled – All I really need – which beautifully captures from a child’s perspective their most essential…
When Play Ends and Boredom Begins
Understanding boredom in kids is serious business. A mother of a 7-year old boy sat in my office, clearly distressed and said, “I take away…
