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Scenario

What children's role-play reveals about adult stress

When my kids play house they always make the mom character stressed and busy and it makes me sad about what they're absorbing.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Children's imitation of adult behaviors in play can serve as an uncomfortable mirror reflecting the emotional climate they experience in daily family life.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Imaginative play — children and adults?”

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