Have you ever read Peter Gray on play? He's a play researcher. His famous book in the world of unschooling is Free to Learn with a subtitle about play. I really recommend it. One of my favorite parts is his rigor in defining play. Play has to feel good, to be fun to everyone involved. So if a parent is "playing with a child" but the parent isn't genuinely into it, Gray argues that parent isn't actually playing. I love that idea, that play is pure fun. Play is something done because I want to do it, and I can quite whenever I want, and there are no real-life consequences for my quitting. Anyway, you might like it. There is a lot of scientific research presented which clearly show the ramifications of adding rewards to play (like monetization in adulthood). Spoiler alert, they turn play into a job.
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Have you ever read Peter Gray on play? He's a play researcher. His famous book in the world of unschooling is Free to Learn with a subtitle about play. I really recommend it. One of my favorite parts is his rigor in defining play. Play has to feel good, to be fun to everyone involved. So if a parent is "playing with a child" but the parent isn't genuinely into it, Gray argues that parent isn't actually playing. I love that idea, that play is pure fun. Play is something done because I want to do it, and I can quite whenever I want, and there are no real-life consequences for my quitting. Anyway, you might like it. There is a lot of scientific research presented which clearly show the ramifications of adding rewards to play (like monetization in adulthood). Spoiler alert, they turn play into a job.