{"id":9295,"date":"2013-03-06T00:21:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T00:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/have-we-forgotten-how-to-play\/"},"modified":"2018-06-04T16:55:34","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T16:55:34","slug":"have-we-forgotten-how-to-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/have-we-forgotten-how-to-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Have we forgotten how to play?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nJyotsna Tokas<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

A friend recently admitted to me, that she often finds playing with her children \u2018boring\u2019. She admits \u201cIf I have to spend another afternoon playing aliens and spaceships with tinfoil wrapped around my head, I will scream,\u201d she told us.<\/p>\n

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\nMy husband is amazing at immersing himself in child-play. And he says that making the effort to completely lose yourself in playing with your children (which, as he points out, you only get to do for a few years, say 5%, of your life) is really, really worth it.<\/div>\n
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\nBut although I love baking and doing all sorts of creative activities, I admit myself, there have been times when I would rather have done anything but pretend a squirrel wearing a pink wig in a pretend caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sure it\u2019s that playing with my children is \u2018boring\u2019 (they are far from boring), but more that I have forgotten how to play. Maybe it\u2019s self-consciousness, maybe it\u2019s adult cynicism, or maybe it\u2019s just having too many competing things to do and think about. Whatever the reason, I often find it hard to get into it.<\/p>\n

I have found that when I do really properly play with my children (aged 3 and 2), it is one of the most joyous and magical experiences available to a person. I find that I do completely lose myself in their enthusiasm, and imagination, and obscure rules. And the sight of mummy bouncing around pretending to be a \u2018princess rabbit\u2019 brings them such happiness.<\/p>\n

The value of playing was really brought home to me the other day when a friend\u2019s son, who is seven, came around to play and declared himself bored with all my son’s \u2018babyish\u2019 toys.<\/p>\n

It really should go without saying that playing with your children is a good idea. When I think that my children may soon get addicted to the modern technological culture of Facebook, iPads, and electronic games, it makes me feel really sad.<\/p>\n

It’s time we parents should make it a “child’s play” to play with your kids whenever we get time from our super busy routines.<\/p>\n

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