In this episode, Alex and Barbara discuss the reasons you should not help children, and why your kids should spend the majority of their day doing unstructured play

Show notes:

https://thegeniusofplay.org/genius/ex...​

https://www.mother.ly/child/how-unstr...​

Frontiers of Psychology, The Efficiency of Infants' Exploratory Play Is Related to Longer-Term Cognitive Development. 2018. Paul Muentener, Elise Herrig, Laura Schults

Pediatrics: Official Journal of American Pediatrics, The Power of Play: A Pediatric Role in Enhancing Development in Young Children. 2018. Michael Yogman, Andrew Garner, Jeffrey Hutchinson, KathyHirsh-Pasek, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff

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Thank you to Miss Lonely Hearts for the use of their song "Pretty One" for our intro!