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Scenario

How to navigate generational differences in rough play

My father-in-law plays too rough with my kids by my standards but they adore him and I don't want to interfere with that relationship.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Competing values about child safety and resilience create difficult choices between protection and allowing authentic intergenerational connection.

Your guide for this
Nas
Nas works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Physical play — rough-and-tumble?”

Peri

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