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When you've forgotten how to play with your children

My kid asked me to play pretend dinosaurs and I felt this weird panic like I had forgotten how to be silly and now I just feel broken.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The capacity for spontaneous joy has been systematically trained out of you by years of performative productivity.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The examined playful life?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.