Study shows parents misunderstand value of unstructured play time for kids
In an age when kids go from school to sports practice to music lessons to dinner to homework and then to bed, there’s a growing movement to prioritize the value of unstructured play. Parents who feel pressure to heavily schedule their children’s lives may be letting the well-known benefits of creative play slip away, said Melissa Bernstein, co-founder and chief creative officer of the Melissa & Doug toy company. “There is a ton of research about the […]
