The Power of Play with Emma Worrollo

Motherkind

Zoe Blaskey

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8 • 863 Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Welcome to this very special episode of the Motherkind Podcast created in partnership with our lovely friends at Barbie. Do you remember last year when we had Dr. Michele Borba on the show talking about this amazing new research that Barbie had done with Cardiff University about doll play and empathy? Well, that study for the first time ever, through neuroimaging, showed that doll play activates the part of the brain that allows children to develop empathy and social processing skills. So many of you loved that episode. I think for lots of us it was a real aha moment that doll play even when played alone, can help develop those empathy skills that we want our children to have. I think that was especially important and interesting given the backdrop of the pandemic when those social interactions had been so limited. This episode is like the next installment to that conversation. Lots of you got in touch and asked about how to help your children play with dolls. So we have an amazing play expert on, Emma from the Playful Den. What Emma doesn’t know about play isn’t worth knowing. She is incredible. What I really took from this episode is that I am becoming increasingly fascinated with doll play and, secondly, just how amazing doll play is for helping our children understand the world around them. And don’t we need that for them right now. It is created in partnership with Barbie - I hope you love it. We chat about: What’s really going on when children play How to use doll play to help our children develop empathy How to process different social situations I think it is a real shame that doll play is associated as a girl’s activity.- Emma, The Playful Den As always, we continue the conversation over on Instagram, so come and join us there. Resources mentioned in this episode: The benefits of doll play according to neuroscience LINK A doll can help change the world - Video The Playful Den FREEBIES! Find out how you can take control of your life, reconnect to you and more! Download ‘10 Ways to Reconnect to You’ and our weekly and monthly check-in on Motherkind.co. Are you ready to find freedom from guilt? Let me help you find Freedom from Perfectionism if you are a mother who has ever felt not quite enough. About Emma Worrollo Emma is the founder of The Playful Den where she translates her experience of looking at the world with childlike wonder and curiosity. The Playful Den has grown to be a place for courses, coaching, live events and content creation for people who want to play more. Thank you Barbie for sponsoring this episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:16.5	Hi everyone and welcome to another episode of the Motherkind podcast with me, your host, Zoe
1:22.3	Blaski, where each week I chat about all things motherhood and well-being.
1:26.8	My mission with this podcast is to help you
1:29.3	reconnect to you, to feel happier, more joyful, calmer and that little bit kinder to yourself
1:36.4	because I think life as a mum in this hectic modern world is hard enough as it is. I believe
1:43.1	becoming the happiest, most alive version of
1:46.3	ourselves is the most important and inspiring thing we can do for our children.
1:53.7	Hey everyone, welcome to this special episode of Motherkind because it is created in partnership with our lovely friends at Barbie.
2:04.7	Do you remember last year when we had Dr. Michelle Borber on the show talking about this
2:09.5	amazing new research that Barbie had done with Cardiff University about doll play and empathy?
2:15.9	Well, that study for the first time ever through neuroimaging
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