5stringJeff
03-19-2007, 01:58 PM
I am already wrestling around with our 15-month-old son, and I still wrestle with my 13-year-old daughter. This article discusses something a little bit different, but it's a good read nonetheless.
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Science Daily — Playground roughhousing has long been a tradition of children and adolescents, much to the chagrin of several generations of parents who worry that their child will be hurt or worse, become accustom to violence and aggression. But animal research may paint a different portrait of rough and tumble play; one that suggests that social and emotional development may rely heavily on such peer interaction.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/03/070319111228.htm
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Science Daily — Playground roughhousing has long been a tradition of children and adolescents, much to the chagrin of several generations of parents who worry that their child will be hurt or worse, become accustom to violence and aggression. But animal research may paint a different portrait of rough and tumble play; one that suggests that social and emotional development may rely heavily on such peer interaction.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/03/070319111228.htm