Parenting: A Primer

Many new parents don’t realize just how little they know about raising a child until they have one of their own. We’ll talk this hour about some of the most commonly asked parenting questions with Dr. David Elkind, professor emeritus of child development at Tufts University. He writes about the topic in Parenting on the Go: Birth to Six, A to Z (Da Capo). https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/dovetail.prxu.org/140/d3bd2e99-de70-40ef-a74a-737a6db20f38/KERA_Think_7-31-14_HR_1.mp3

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How spontaneous, imaginative activities lead to happier, healthier children

Remember when kids used to have time to play – time to actually go outside, make up games and really play? According to our guest this hour, Dr. David Elkind, play has a “central role in [the] healthy intellectual, social, and emotional development” of children. His latest book is “the power of play: how spontaneous, imaginative activities lead to happier, healthier children” (Da Capo Life Long, 2007).

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