PRESCRIBED PLAY FOR KIDS?

Play has been shown to have a significant impact on child development. In fact, the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights recognises it as an essential right of every child.

However, our time-starved society has reached the point where doctors are prescribing playtime for stressed, depressed children and their equally anxious, ever-connected Generation Alpha (the children of the millennial generation) have, on average, about 12 hours’ less playtime than their ambitious millennial parents did, with education-packed agendas that leave little time for fun and games.