Join YABC for an #authorchat with Gaia Cornwall about #newrelease #kidlit FAIRY WALK! Plus #entertowin a #freecopy in our #giveaway!
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#nature #fairy #unstructuredplay

What do you do when your child says “I’m bored”?

Most parents try to fix it immediately.
What if that’s the wrong move?

→ www.gentleminds.site/2026/06/why-...

#BoredomIsGood #UnstructuredPlay #KidsCreativity

What do you do when your child says “I’m bored”?

Most parents try to fix it right away.
What if that’s the wrong move?

→ www.gentleminds.site/2026/06/why-...

#BoredomIsGood #UnstructuredPlay #KidsCreativity

Future that all parents should want? It would provide them with more free time. As kids, especially during the summer, we used to head out the door in the morning, stop back by for a quick lunch, and back home when it was getting dark outside. #UnstructuredPlay #RiskyPlay #IndependentMobility

Told her the free time was hers, braced for grumbling, and ten minutes later there was a blanket fort and a whole storyline. I did nothing on purpose.

Best thing your kid has built alone?

#AtlasHQ #UnstructuredPlay

Self-directed play builds decision-making, patience, and independence at the same time. Hovering quietly does that growing for them.

What does your kid do better when you step back?

#AtlasHQ #UnstructuredPlay

#1970sChildhood #FreePlay #InternalLocusOfControl #ChildhoodAnxiety #UnstructuredPlay #PeterGray #LostChildhood #ScheduledToHelpless #BoredomWasTheCurriculum #BackWhenStreetlightsOn

We are not raising products for the future; we are accompanying human beings in their present. #UnstructuredPlay #ChildhoodUnplugged #BoredomIsMagic #SlowChildhood #WildAndFreeKids

screen time vs outdoor time

YouTube Kids promotes curated screen time for children's interests, contrasting with unstructured outdoor play. Learn about the shift.

#YouTubeKids, #ScreenTime, #ChildDevelopment, #UnstructuredPlay, #...

https://newsletter.tf/youtube-kids-curated-play-vs-outdoor-time/

🚨Kids have lost 12 hours of free play per week since 1981 & gained anxiety in return. We're so busy enriching childhood, we're impoverishing it. New article on why boredom beats busy🧵👇
www.canva.com/design/DAGzh...
#UnstructuredPlay #PlayCrisis #CreativeKids #ParentingReality #FamilyTime

Try this simple challenge: Swap a screen time moment for 10 minutes of unstructured play with your child today. Unplanned play fosters creativity and deeper parent-child bonding. 🎲🌈🤸‍♂️
#Playtime #CreativeKids #FamilyTime #ParentingHacks #UnstructuredPlay

There are great efforts going on across America to introduce all ages/abilities to biking. A great model is what @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social and others are promoting, which is get kids off social media, give them more time for #UnstructuredPlay, and support their #IndependentMobility #Independence

We value play that is self chosen, meaningful and unstructured
‘…what flows through your
mind changes your brain.’
(Rick Hanson)
#UnstructuredPlay #SelfChosenJoy #MeaningfulMoments 🌈