I read an interesting article on the value of play. This article was in a woman's magazine and not a professional journal. The National Institute For Play has collected research on play from the fields of neurophysiology, psychology, and molecular biology. These studies that reveal that play is so much more than fun and games. the impulse to let loose arises from deep within the brainstem, in the same primitive area of the brain that controls basic survival functions (breathing). For this reason and because people in ALL cultures engage in play- researchers believe that play is a fundamental need, crucial to healthy adulthood. So... the next time a parent says to you "it looks like all you do is play with my child" you can quote this study!
Get out there and play and have FUN!!!!
Renee