72. Active play: The art of roughhousing with Dr Cohen
Are you a rowdy parent? Giggles, wrestling, rolling, swinging and chase part of what you do?
Physical play with our children has changed dramatically.
Today’s guest is Dr Larry Cohen psychologist, consultant and author of the book The Art of Roughhousing
. We unpack many of the misunderstandings around roughhousing, learn a few new moves and discuss the changes that have happened in our society where no hitting and no touch has lead to parents being worried about roughhousing and rough and tumble play with their children.
It’s one of those topics where you do what’s best for your children and your family. I’m sure you have an opinion. Listen to the show and share your thoughts here or on Facebook
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We learn
- about the modern definition of roughhousing.
- the importance of physical touch in development for the 2-5 year old.
- about changing the way we tackle physical play and the labels we use.
- girls,women, mothers and roughhousing plus fathers roughhousing girls
- ideas and advice to help mother headed households without fathers present due to absence, work, deployment , temporary or otherwise etc
- about bedtime roughhousing
- what to do about the no hitting/no touching rule that’s popular in settings
- about the problems with tickling and I learn a better way of handing a problem.
- how to approach sensitive children who don’t like to be touched or overactive parents who push too much
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Raising Playful Tots Show 25: Let’s explore with Amy Anderson
In this 31 minute podcast, you’ll learn aboutAmy Anderson of Let’s explore. She’s a mom passionate about play with her two girls. Amy walks us through her play day and the tips and tricks that help their family enjoy play.
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00:00 Introduction and Welcome
00:45 Extended playtime opportunities
01:50 How do you store masterpieces?
02:29 Question for listeners. Solutions to Lego pieces, Polly Pockets, Stickle bricks
03:16 recap of RPT: 24 Dawn Papandrea Khan and introduction to Amy Anderson: Let’s explore
04:07 Amy talks about Let’s explore and how she came to start writing about play activities.
04:50 Amy talk about running her retail play store and how important this was informing her play choices.
05:53 Pitfalls of ‘eye candy’ craft blogs and how to choose appropriate play activities without feeling pressured.
06:41 Valuing the experience of play rather than what it looks like.
07:25 Using the materials you have for activities.
08:09 Improvisation is good and buying every specialist piece of equipment is just not practical or necessary.
08: 29 Repurposing and reusing play activities
08:50 Benefits of having a Junk Box. Junk boxes and Playdates .
09:36 Bubble wrap, candle holder, vase and other ideas
10:50 Open ended play vs one time things.
11:03 Cardboard box and creativity. How do you get unstructured play in?
12:06 Keeping things low key and one activity a week
12:22 Unstructured playtime is crucial especially as our children get older.
12:46 Scheduling unstructured play
13:00 Coping with the “I’m bored!” whine
14:00 Rotating art supplies keep ideas fresh.
15:24 Sticker fun for the younger ones to put off the whining moments
16:42 Social and emotional pointers- take time to get involved in their play
17:01 Kids are happy to engage with each other but we still have to engage with them
17:15 Sneaking in learning opportunities with examples
19:14 What is your process for accepting or rejecting a play activity in your family?
20:50 what do they need, what do they love,what do I want and what do we have around the house
21:38 Media marketing ,impulsing buying and implementing a play philosophy that influences your play.
22:40 limit going to the toy store. Things look so good but there is (often) a price to pay in creativity.
23:08 Limiting TV with commercials and pester power.
23:53 Benefits of carrying a notebook for the “I wants and I needs” becomes a wishlist.
25:00 Silly question
26:00 Weekly find: Growing an In-Sync Child: Simple, Fun Activities to Help Every Child Develop, Learn, and Grow
Carol Kranowitz and Joye Newman
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Raising Playful Tots show #23 Positive Parenting with Sue Atkins
“There’s no such thing as failure, just feedback.”
“No point driving forward and looking in the rear view mirror! If you’ve made a few mistakes let them go!”
“Hang out with happy parents!”
Sue Atkins.
We love the under 5s! Some days all that energy can get us down. How do you keep positive with your Under 5s?
Today I talk to Sue Atkins, Parenting coach and Author of Raising Happy Children for Dummies
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Sue offers expert advice on Common struggles with the Under 5 parents.
How do you get out the house with toddler tantrums?
How to change the situation to be more positive parents?
Parenting toolkits and Sue talks about how being a positive parent impacts kids life.
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