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Psychology takes toys seriously, with Barry Kudrowitz, PhD, and Doris Bergen, PhD

Speaking of Psychology

CHAPTER

Playing With Toys as an Adult

Play is a basic human characteristic. We should have times when we're playful and we're enjoying things that aren't getting grated, or don't have to be paid for whatever. But i think that we call them by different names. As an adult, you're in a play, maybe, but you're not playing,. Youre taking a role, youre acting so forth. So the kind of play that older kids can actually create the worlds and do things themselves is called small world play. And it's appropriate for an older child, as compared to taking on a pretend role or something like that.

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