Choosing Play
Play, joy and enjoyment can lift us out of where we are into new possibilities.
I wonder if you feel as if you’ve been carrying a lot for a long time? I wonder if you know your children feel it too, whether at home as a parent or in the classroom as a teacher or wherever you interact with children?
We started the Real Talk: Conversation Sessions for parents this week. How wonderful you’ve been, beautiful parents who showed up and shared, thank you! I realise again just how much parents have been carrying, for their children and themselves.
How do we deal with what we carry when it now feels too heavy to bear any more?
You know how sometimes we say if we don’t laugh we’ll just cry… well, maybe it’s time to laugh, maybe it’s time to play and find joy. We will find 90% of the time our children will be more than willing to help us play!
Play, joy and enjoyment can lift us out of where we are into new possibilities. This is not about ignoring our pain, we do need to process our experiences and hurts and unmet needs. This is about not getting stuck in our pain, and modelling joyful ways of coping to our children.
I want to share LEGO Foundations #playpledge campaign with you.
#playpledge
Here is a link to the Lego Foundation website and a way to make a #playpledge. If you do make a play pledge, please consider sharing with me via Facebook or Instagram, or even email me. I’d love to hear from you!
Real Talk: Conversation sessions for parents continues next week with dealing with Stress and Anxiety
