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Scenario

How self-consciousness blocks natural play between parents and children

I watch other families at the park laughing and playing easily together while I feel awkward and self-conscious trying to join my own children's games.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The adult's awareness of being observed or judged interferes with the unselfconscious presence that play requires.

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