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Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.” Heraclitus... “Play allows us to develop alternatives to violence and despair; it helps us learn perseverance and gain optimism.” Stuart Brown M.D. ... “Play is a major avenue for learning to manage anxiety. It gives the child a safe space where she can experiment at will, suspending the rules and constraints of physical and social reality. In play, the child becomes master rather than subject…. Play allows the child to transcend passivity and to become the active doer of what happens around her. ” Alicia F. Lieberman ... This particular child is family, but I do love to watch children of all sorts while they go about the very serious business of playing. I always learn something while watching and new doors of thought open as I contemplate their wisdom at play. She looked so serious when she paused during a good session of playing, as if she were consumed by deep thoughts whose strength required a moment of stillness and silence before she could return to playing. Like watching dreams pass across the face of a sleeping child, I could not help being fascinated and inspired to travel down my own avenues of contemplation. Play is indeed a serious business.

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