Therapy Through PLAY and Relationships

Can Play Therapy improve grades?🤔🤓😍

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"Unstructured" or "free" play can help develop emotional self-regulation, critical thinking, problem-solving and social skills. It's so fundamental that experts describe it as a developmental necessity, not an optional activity."

Is Australia sucking the joy out of childhood? The first time Renae Powell waved her eldest child through the primary school gates she felt something was missing: play time.

"Parents across all demographics are struggling with "loneliness, self-doubt and lack of self-compassion"....steady decline in parent mental health over the past decade and the research showed these struggles were "universal" and not confined to a single gender or income group. Vivek Murthy recently declared modern parental stress to be an "urgent public health issue", directly linked to the wellbeing of children and the health of society."

Australian parents in 'survival mode all the time' break taboos on raising kids As the birth rate hits a record low it's been revealed that almost 60 per cent of Australian parents are experiencing psychological distress, according to the largest-ever national parenting survey.

Mama, you are enough 💕

"We found stronger pretend play ability among two and three-year olds was associated with fewer emotional and behavioural difficulties at four-five and six-seven years of age. Some of these difficulties could include having many worries or often having temper tantrums.
The findings held even after accounting for participants’ socioeconomic background, the mother’s mental health, language ability and the security of their relationship with their parents."

Pretend play is a magical part of childhood. New research suggests it can also help mental health For children, rocks can be spaceships. Pens can be fairies. And this kind of play can help protect mental health in childhood, according to new research.