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Scenario

How parenting anxiety kills imaginative play

My kid asked me to play pretend dragons and I genuinely could not remember how to just make stuff up without it serving some educational purpose.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The fear of not doing enough has made us forget that unstructured play is itself the point.

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 Leisure — what it means and why we've lost it?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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