The 5-minute daily playtime ritual that can get your kids to listen better

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🗓️ 17 October 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Called "special time," the strategy is widely recommended by children's health professionals to help reduce behavioral issues in young children. Here's a guide on how to do it with your kids at home.

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0:00.0	This is NPR's Life Kit.
0:01.8	I'm your host, Maryl Segarra, and I have
0:04.4	Beck Harlan Life Kit's Visuals Editor with us.
0:07.5	Hi, Maryl!
0:08.7	Hey!
0:09.6	I have something I really want you to listen to.
0:12.3	Ooh, let's hear it.
0:14.8	That is so tall, Gus.
0:16.7	Yes, you're good tall.
0:19.1	So tall, that must be one of the tallest
0:21.4	Lego airplanes I've ever seen.
0:24.0	Wow!
0:26.0	Wow!
0:26.6	Oh!
0:28.0	Oh my god.
0:28.8	Okay, this is really, really sweet.
0:31.2	I just, what am I actually listening to?
0:34.0	You don't just want to listen to me in my two-year-old play with Legos.
0:37.8	Kind of do, though, all day, but yeah.
0:40.2	I know it's really cute, right?
0:42.4	But what if I told you that we are actually engaging in a research-backed
0:46.3	practice that's proven to strengthen a caregiver's relationship with their child?
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