The power of play for kids and why you’re likely overthinking it

The PedsDocTalk Podcast

Dr. Mona Amin

Medicine, Health & Fitness, Kids & Family, Parenting

5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Does ‘playing’ with your kids stress you out? Are you overthinking what play should look like, or if you have enough time for play? Playing with your kids does not have to be stressful, and we’re here to take the stress out of it and normalize a few things when it comes to play. I welcome Tammy Schamuhn, a child psychologist and co-founder of the Institute of Child Psychology and co-author of the new book, THE PARENTING HANDBOOK: Your Guide to Raising Resilient Children. We discuss: What play can show us about a child Why being bored and under-scheduled is important for kids How and why play can look different in boys and girls Connect with Tammy on Instagram @instituteofchildpsych. Check out the new book, and for more resources, visit the Institute of Child Psychology website. We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on the PedsDocTalk Podcast Sponsors page of the website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:06.0	And it's actually having the opposite effect that we want it to.
1:10.0	It's actually causing a lot of overwhelm for our kids because all mammals are
1:14.8	naturally meant to just play and then rest and we've kind of robbed kids of that
1:20.5	of their childhood a little bit inadvertently because of like
1:23.2	social media and like our friends are close circles are saying do more do more and
1:28.0	the children's nervous systems are saying do less do less do less do less like I'm
1:31.4	not supposed to be doing all these things.
1:33.0	Welcome back to the Pete's Doc Talk Podcast, a top 50 parenting podcast in the United States
1:38.2	to guide you on your parenting journey. I get to chat with incredible people in the field of child health, development and
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