Mica May

Let The Children Play

In addition to my business working with parents to enable them to Play more Effectively with their children I have a grand vision.
It's still involved with play; I want to increase the availability of 'Playing Out Space' there is available to our children.
Listening to the radio the other day, I heard an expert say that in the last 10-20 years there has been a 90% reduction in the amount of outdoor space available for children to play in, in the UK (he may have said England). This is a horrifying statistic.
So not only are parents too scared to allow their children to Play Out because of the dangers of traffic and strangers (I'm sure I will discuss 'stranger danger' further in a future posting), not only are children glued to the TV or computer, not only are they no longer interested in playing sport. Even if they wanted to, it is becoming extremely difficult for them to do so, because there simply isn't anywhere for them to play.

Playblog

In this my first posting, I'm really just throwing ideas around with myself to see what I should write about.

I work with families using play to help them improve the quality of their relationships.

I believe that families should be fun not torture. Increasing the amount of play in people's lives and enabling them to understand more about how it helps and that it is in fact essential for us to reach our full potential, are some of my aims.

There will always be times when a playful approach is not the ideal one, but in the vast majority of cases, managing to maintain a light touch and using play to help us do that can help reduce the stress of being a parent.