An Important Warning To All Parents! As a child, I remember my favorite bedtime stories were not the ones read from books but the ones my father invented. He would pick some familiar object, like a neglected stuffed animal in my room or even a charact...

Children love to be alone because alone is where they know themselves, and where they dream." -Roger Rosenblatt, The Man in the Water, 1994 Allowing a child's imagination to blossom is as simple as letting them express...

The Value of Make-Believe: Why Fantasy Is Just As Important As Reality - And An Important Warning To All Parents! As a child, I remember my favorite bedtime stories were not the ones read from books but the ones my father invented. He would pick s...

"Play is to early childhood as gas is to a car." Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Ph.D. and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Ph.D. Somewhere in our hectic, frenzied lifestyle, parents have come to believe that "more is more." More...

"The creative mind plays with the objects it loves. Artists play with color and space. Musicians play with sound and silence. Children play with everything they can get their hands on." Stephen Nachmanovitch, "Free Play: Improvisation ...

"Play is to early childhood as gas is to a car." Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Ph.D. and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Ph.D. Somewhere in our hectic, frenzied lifestyle, parents have come to believe that "more is more." More sp...