{"id":9420,"date":"2024-07-17T21:45:54","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T03:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.olinca.edu.mx\/2024\/07\/17\/why-play-is-serious-work\/"},"modified":"2025-03-04T16:46:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T22:46:10","slug":"why-play-is-serious-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.olinca.edu.mx\/en\/2024\/07\/17\/why-play-is-serious-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Why play is serious work"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9420\" class=\"elementor elementor-9420 elementor-8673\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7267a09 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7267a09\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-950d53c\" data-id=\"950d53c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47c8990 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47c8990\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On March 26, the United Nations declared an\u00a0international day of play\u00a0to take place annually on June 11<sup>th<\/sup>. With over 140 countries as partners, this announcement cements not only every child\u2019s\u00a0Right to Play, but also highlights the many benefits of play for children and adults alike.<\/p><p>Play, whether structured or unstructured, is often considered frivolous and not taken seriously. The role of play in children\u2019s lives has long been devalued, prompting Professor Ed Zigler to claim in 2009 that \u201cPlay is under siege.\u201d It is still under siege today. A global study across 36 countries indicates that 78% of children say adults do not always think playing is important. Further, 73% of children do not believe adults take play as a way to\u00a0help them seriously.<\/p><p>However,\u00a0literature\u00a0states that play is fundamentally important for 21<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0century skills such as problem-solving, collaboration, creativity, and more. Further, it can relieve stress and support emotional regulation. Play is not just for children \u2013 evidence indicates that it is\u00a0critical for adults\u00a0too.<\/p><p>Trends in the past five years suggest that increasing opportunities for play and an awareness of the importance of play could be particularly potent now. There has been a rapid rise in stressors that impact human well-being.\u00a0The American Psychological Association\u00a0suggests that while COVID-19 officially ended on May 11, 2023, the sustained collective stress from the pandemic, from disasters due to climate change, political and economic upheaval, discrimination, and political polarization around the world has left a generation with mental health and chronic health crises that are yet unresolved. The\u00a0World Health Organization\u00a0(WHO), for example, reports a 25% increase in anxiety and depression since the pandemic. Among children alone, the\u00a0National Institute of Healthin the US notes that across 13 pooled studies, 15% of children and adolescents suffer from depression, 9% from anxiety, 6% from concentration problems, and 9% from sleep problems. Moreover, the\u00a0United Nations World Happiness Report\u00a0released in March of 2024 showed that in 10 to 15 year olds living in high income countries, happiness levels are declining.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a1009b6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a1009b6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3939e73\" data-id=\"3939e73\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea6b057 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea6b057\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The news is also peppered with headlines about learning loss. In 2022, the New York Times reported that \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/09\/01\/us\/national-test-scores-math-reading-pandemic.html\">The Pandemic erased two decades of progress in reading and math<\/a>.<\/span>\u201d A review in August of 2023 by\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.worldbank.org\/en\/education\/covid-19-school-closures-caused-significant-drop-student-learning-outcomes\">Jakubowski and colleagues<\/a><\/span>\u00a0for the World Bank found similar data across an international data set \u2013 largely due to school closures around the globe.<\/p><p>Clearly people, young and old, are suffering. Dismissing their needs is a disservice, but so too is telling ourselves a story that everything is terrible. The narratives we tell ourselves are the narratives that children hear and internalize. Finding ways to experience, see, and focus on the moments of joy, connection, compassion, exchange, and creation in our lives can be one small, doable thing to help change the story we are telling ourselves, and perhaps most importantly, the story we are telling our children. Luckily one way to do this, play, is free and readily available in every community in the world.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6207a85 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6207a85\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d9281ea\" data-id=\"d9281ea\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4dbd4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f4dbd4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Extensive scientific research suggests that play could help remediate these crises of health and learning. Some of the early data in this area comes from animal literature. Both humans and animals evolved to play. Indeed, a wide swath of animals play, from lizards and honeybees to monkeys, dogs, and humans.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/global.oup.com\/academic\/product\/affective-neuroscience-9780195178050?cc=us&amp;lang=en&amp;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Data<\/span> <\/a>suggests that rats who engaged in rough and tumble play are more mature emotionally and have better developed problem-solving areas of the brain. Additionally, brains of rats that had object play are also distinct from those of rats that were deprived of play resulting in notable in differences in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/19150054\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">social interaction<\/span><\/a>, problem solving (maze learning), and\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eric.ed.gov\/?id=EJ1043959\">flexibility<\/a>.<\/span><\/p><p>Human research is more abundant for children than for adults. It too, however, suggests that play is important for well-being, socialization, learning, and risk taking. In terms of coping skills, research suggests that because play is considered safe and without real consequences, it can be used to<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1002\/jcad.12412\">reduce anxiety<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bmjopen.bmj.com\/content\/11\/7\/e051957.abstract\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">can help children cope<\/span><\/a>\u00a0with adverse experiences. A body of literature also suggests that\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/21594937.2022.2152531\">risky play<\/a><\/span>\u00a0can offer social and physical advantages and can enhance a sense of agency and wellbeing.<\/p><p>Research on the value of play for learning is also abundant. In 2018, Dr. Michael Yogman of Harvard University and his colleagues penned a piece entitled The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/publications.aap.org\/pediatrics\/article\/142\/3\/e20182058\/38649\/The-Power-of-Play-A-Pediatric-Role-in-Enhancing?autologincheck=redirected\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Power of Play<\/span><\/a>\u00a0for the American Academy of Pediatrics that reviews much of this evidence. This report calls for a Prescription for Child\u2019s Play. Hirsh-Pasek and colleagues offer an even more recent review of the data in a global report titled\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/publications.aap.org\/pediatrics\/article\/142\/3\/e20182058\/38649\/The-Power-of-Play-A-Pediatric-Role-in-Enhancing?autologincheck=redirected\">Where global science meets playful learning<\/a>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesco.org\/en\/education-policies\/happy-schools#:~:text=UNESCO%20provides%20the%20global%20Happy,in%20schools%20through%20systemic%20changes.\">UNESCO\u2019s Happy Schools initiative<\/a>,<\/span> released in April of 2024 makes the case for why having more joy and playful learning in schools could empower children, increase wellbeing, and foster learning.<\/p><p>Finally, while literature on adults is scant, adults could also benefit from a designated day of play. A\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/06\/14\/health\/adults-find-joy-through-play-partner-wellness\/index.html\">CNN report<\/a><\/span>\u00a0from June 2023 offers a review of areas in which adults can benefit from more play in their lives. Written by Trudy Meehan from the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin, the piece documents the benefits of joy in reducing depression and increasing social connectedness.<\/p><p>Some may see the declaration of an International Day of Play as a frivolous pursuit by a United Nations that is grappling with multiple political, economic, and environmental crises. But we applaud the move. We know much support is needed for the deep and important work that addresses the current polycrisis of armed conflict, rising authoritarianism, climate emergencies, racial injustice, and a global infodemic undermining the development of collaborative solutions. What an International Day of Play can do is, at minimum, remind us that there is power in joy and power in seeing the joy in life. Lifting up the power of play and allowing children (and adults) of all ages to play more is one immediate thing we can do to enrich our brain power and support our mental and physical health and wellbeing.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9cde711 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9cde711\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-26cb477\" data-id=\"26cb477\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51a192a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"51a192a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kathy Hirsh-Pasek,\u00a0\u00a0Rebecca Winthrop, and\u00a0Sweta Shah<br \/>May 2, 2024<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ed.ted.com\/2019\/01\/14\/havent-made-it-to-the-gym-yet-try-snacking-on-exercise-instead\/\">INFORMACI\u00d3N ORIGINAL \u2192<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 26, the United Nations declared an\u00a0international day of play\u00a0to take place annually on June 11th. 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