#15 Play with a child

15 January 2010

Photo: Rebekah Åhlund

The guest blogger is named Rebekah Åhlund. She grew up in Borås, Gothenburg and loves living in Stockholm. She is a journalist and has worked for: Borås Tidning, SVT, Expressen Friday, VeckoRevyn, ZTV, Kamratposten, P3, Mama and Shortcut among many others. Rebecca is interested in literature, toys and crip walks. Please visit her blog: http://tramsbyxa.blogspot.com/

I stopped playing when I was ten years old, even though I only a year earlier vowed never to be boring. Then I began to carefully collect toys when I was twenty, but not until I had a child of my own did I started playing properly again. At first it was difficult, now it's easy and I try to play a bit every day.

You can play almost anything. The idea is to relax, loosening up and going with the flow. Playing with a child is being in the present tense. Life is never more now than in a game since the game is just now. It can never be planned, postponed, made more effective or saved in any way. That is the whole point.

There are many different kinds of games so you can be pretty sure that you'll soon find a favorite one. The more organized games, like Bro Bro Breja or hide and seek, can be good for beginners. Then you may proceed with building cities, being a monster who lives in a big pile of something, being someone completely different or Pingu. You can play with cars, dolls, paper, string, shoes, leaves and small things that children shouldn't put in their mouths. I personally think that it's terribly fun to play 'strange character who steals the pacifiers from people, " but that's different.

The easiest is to play with your own children, because you live together so you can play anytime. It also feels less embarrassing that way before you've gotten the hang of it. . But any child does the trick - children are forgiving and quickly forget. They are also very alert teachers and notice immediately if you are not involved or if you try to send text messages while you are playing. So don't.

Required time:

One minute if you 're playing with a strange children on the bus, up to four hours if you are building a shed for example. After four hours, the child almost always needs to eat.

Cost:

Toys could cost one million Euro; often enough with nothing to offer, but a little imagination is free.

Cons:

You may get sore joints and knees if the game is that you're a dog. Your clothes may get dirty or tear. You may forget the time and miss the television programs.

Pros:

You practice to be in the present. People go to expensive therapy to learn just that! It's terribly funny. You'll be popular with the child, which should not be underestimated. You will train your imagination and creativity.

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#15 Play with a child

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