From fostering creativity to encouraging your child's social and emotional growth, pretend play—or imaginative play—is beneficial for numerous reasons. Getty Images If you've ever stepped inside your ...

“Let’s pretend to be…” is commonly heard from young children as they play and interact at school, daycare, or at home. Many adults encourage imagination and creativity but others are afraid that ...

Many people often think of play in the form of images of young children at recess engaging in games of tag, ball, using slides, swings, and physically exploring their environments. But physical play ...

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My kids, 4 and 6, are obsessed with COVID-related games. First, they did things like pretend to be sick and take each other's temperature. Now they're dishing out fake vaccines to stuffed animals. It ...