{"id":1079,"date":"2016-05-04T05:15:54","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T05:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thewisefamily.com\/?p=1079"},"modified":"2016-05-04T05:15:54","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T05:15:54","slug":"importanceofplay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thewisefamily.com\/importanceofplay\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, I was driving to my daughter\u2019s softball game and turned on NPR. \u00a0The conversation was with Erika Christakis, the author of the book, <i>The Importance of Being Little<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>You might have heard her name before as she made headlines last fall when she stirred some angry protests at Yale University, where she is a lecturer at the Yale Child Study Center.<\/p>\n<p>Her comments to the Yale community asked if we are underestimating kids in terms of their enormous capacity to be thoughtful and reflective, because we are not giving them enough time to play.<\/p>\n<p><i>Christakis says, \u201c\u2026the No. 1 thing for kids is to have a chance to play, to make friends, to learn limits, to learn to take their turns.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re kicking off May with a few weeks of playtime! \u00a0\u00a0Enjoy The Wise Family version of play with our video below and look for Play it Forward Friday ideas every week!<\/p>\n<p>Go out and play!<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1079-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thewisefamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wise-tips-play_2.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewisefamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wise-tips-play_2.mp4\">https:\/\/www.thewisefamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wise-tips-play_2.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Be Wise!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"86\" height=\"52\" class=\"size-full wp-image-833 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thewisefamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Amy-Parks.png\" alt=\"Amy\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, I was driving to my daughter\u2019s softball game and turned on NPR. \u00a0The conversation was with Erika Christakis, the author of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7,26,11,12,24,16],"tags":[226,157,227,31,71,147,228,15,159],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Importance of Play - The Wise Family<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Do your kids get enough play time? 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