We help them express and understand deep emotions, foster connection, aid the process of emotional healing-and have a great time ourselves while we're at it.Īnyone can be a playful parent-all it takes is a sense of adventure and a willingness to let down your guard and try something new. Through play we join our kids in their world. That's why "playful parenting" is so important and so successful in building strong, close bonds between parents and children. Cohen points out, play is children's complex and fluid way of exploring the world, communicating hard-to-express feelings, getting close to those they care about, working through stressful situations, and simply blowing off steam. Have you ever stepped back to watch what really goes on when your children play? As Dr. From eliciting a giggle during baby's first game of peek-a-boo to cracking jokes with a teenager while hanging out at the mall, Playful Parenting is a complete guide to using play to raise strong, confident children. Cohen, Ph.D., demonstrates in this delightful new book, play can be the basis for an innovative and rewarding approach to parenting.
With this insightful resource of easy-to-implement solutions and strategies, you and your child can experience the opposite of worry, anxiety, and fear and embrace connection, trust, and joy.Parents have heard that play is a child's work-but play is not for kids only. bring children out of their anxious thoughts and into their bodies by using relaxation, breathing, writing, drawing, and playful roughhousing.tackle their own anxieties so they can stay calm when a child is distressed.find lighthearted ways to release tension in the moment, labeling stressful emotions on a child-friendly scale.promote tolerance of uncertainty and discomfort by finding the balance between outright avoidance and "white-knuckling" through a fear.teach children the basics of the body's "security system" alert, alarm, assessment, and all clear.start from a place of warmth, compassion, and understanding.Offering simple, effective strategies that build connection through fun, play, and empathy, Dr. Cohen, Ph.D., the author of Playful Parenting, provides a special set of tools to handle childhood anxiety. And since anxiety has a mind of its own, logic and reassurance often fail, leaving parents increasingly frustrated about how to help. Whether it's the monster in the closet or the fear that arises from new social situations, school, or sports, anxiety can be especially challenging and maddening for children. "The most helpful book on childhood anxiety I have ever read."-Michael Thompson, Ph.D.
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