The 5-minute playtime ritual that can help your kids listen

Life Kit

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Kids & Family, Self-improvement, Business, Health & Fitness, Education

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🗓️ 10 August 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Children's health professionals widely recommend a strategy known as 'special time' to help reduce behavioral issues in young children. This episode explains how to do it and why this simple and free tool is so powerful.

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0:00.0	You're listening to LifeKit from NPR.
0:04.0	Hey everybody, it's MaryL and with us, I have Beck Harlan, LifeKit's visual editor.
0:11.0	Hi, MaryL.
0:12.0	Hey.
0:13.0	I have something I really want you to listen to.
0:16.0	Ooh, let's hear it.
0:18.0	That is so tall, Gus.
0:20.0	Yes, it's so tall.
0:22.0	So tall, that must be one of the tallest Lego airplanes I've ever seen.
0:27.0	Wow.
0:29.0	Wow.
0:31.0	Oh my god.
0:32.0	Okay, this is really, really sweet.
0:34.0	I just, what am I actually listening to?
0:37.0	You don't just want to listen to me in my two-year-old play with Legos.
0:41.0	Kind of do, though, all day, but yeah.
0:43.0	I know, it's really cute, right?
0:45.0	But what if I told you that we're actually engaging in a research-backed practice
0:50.0	that's proven to strengthen a caregiver's relationship with their child?
0:54.0	Well, that sounds very official.
0:56.0	I know, right?
0:57.0	I'm excited to share this tool with you.
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