The Importance of Independent Play with Lenore Skenazy

CALM AND CONNECTED - EPISODE 166

How do you encourage your kids to be more independent? When do you as a parent step back to give them the space to step up?

Lenore Skenazy joins Janine today to discuss some of these questions. They discuss: 

  • The importance of play and how it relieves stress

  • Bodily reaction to fear and avoidance to fear

  • Playing across mixed age groups

  • The skills you learn when you play 

  • The Let Grow Program

  • Setting tasks for your kids to do on their own without a parent there 

  • Passive kids and problem solving 

  • Kids having the concierge life

  • How Lenore likes to rest and relax 

Listen on janinehalloran.com

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