NPR Ed – ANYA KAMENETZ
“…parents shouldn’t be afraid of rough-and-tumble play and even play-acting involving pretend violence….This kind of play serves vital emotional and physical needs for kids…Children learn resilience and other cognitive skills by responding in the moment to rapidly changing situations. One scientist found that how well and how much children engaged in roughhousing predicted their first-grade achievement better than kindergarten test scores.” (more)