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Art Of Roughhousing (2014)

by Anthony T. DeBenedet(Favorite Author)

4 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1299574343 (ISBN13: 9781299574342)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Quirk Books

review 1: It might seem corny or contrived making lists of ways to play, but this book is needed. Our culture has kids who are afraid to fall, are too still, have parents who are too still.This book lays out an array of play options, small kid to big kid, that allow parents to engage and be active with their kids. It's a helpful book for not parenting your children at arm's distance.Besides illustrated lists of activities, the anecdotes are helpful and relatively light on psychobabble. There is some helpful research listed, and the book is inspiring to be a hands-on, active, parent who's not afraid of teaching his kids how not to be afraid.This copy is going in the JECA parent library.
review 2: This is a GREAT book. Its good for parenting ideas for either girls or boys... more. Its making me think about how I parent my son, where I'm too strict, where he and I can both lighten up, and how I can help him navigate the world by goofing around. I already see a difference- what a difference some safe play can make to frustration and communication levels. For my friend into Parkour- there are at least 2 activities in there about that :-) Even though I won't do every activity they offer, the narrative of the book was enough to motivate me. It wasn't preachy, but very encouraging. This is a great set of tools to add to my tool kit. It gives me more confidence we can help S navigate social interactions and his own confidence struggles in the future. Plus it might help me lighten up in general- which is always a good thing. less

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