Over the last few weeks, the COVID-19 pandemic has infected Canadian families with a great deal of stress: layoffs, loss of income, school and childcare closures, just to name a few.
Children are coping with a great deal of change in a short period of time. Deborah MacNamara, the author of Rest, Play, Grow: Making Sense of Preschoolers (or anyone who acts like one), says there’s a simple salve to the upheaval.
We reached her from her home in Vancouver to find out more: You recently hosted a webinar on The Power of Play to Take Care of Us and I was fascinated when you called play the release valve for this pandemic.