When last did you play?

Really play and have fun?

Do you children have time to play?

Do you give your children permission to play?

Then this episode is for you

Parent Coach, Dylan Spradlin, joins Laura to chat about how play can be very healing for children and families, how to use it to avoid power struggles, and how and why to increase free, unsupervised and risky play in the lives of children.

In this episode explore;

• Is free play time shrinking?

• Why mental health rates are on the rise

• Risky play is essential for healthy development

• Why unsupervised play with mixed aged groups of kids is important for social development

• Why parents can relax

About Dylan

‘Your task is not to seek love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” – Rumi

Dylan’s worked as a trauma therapist and play therapist, birth doula, and is currently a parent coach and play advocate. She and educates on the importance of play and self-directed education, while helping parents who are overwhelmed, frustrated and tired, find peace in their family, and confidence as parents. She works with new and expecting parents as they transition to parenthood, as well as established families experiencing conflict to reset their trajectory to a path of connection and joy.