One moms take on the benefits of horseplay for her daughter and her frustration with girls being left out of the fun: This is the third time Ive been in a situation when the parent of a boy has insisted that we dont play wild, wrestle or tickle girls and that pisses me off... So, when I see Ellis alone on the floor, I go over to her. I swing her in the air and then I tickle her until she laughs her crazy laugh… Were wild and were rowdy and we play until the boys come over and want to join us. And we let them.” Do you encourage your Mighty Girl to engage in energetic, boisterous horseplay? Have you encountered the kind of resistance that writer Lyz Lenz describes whether from the parents of male playmates as in her case or from teachers, grandparents, or others? There are two excellent books in A Mighty Girls parenting section that address the benefits of physical play: Playful Parenting at amightygirl/playful-parenting and The Art of Roughhousing at amightygirl/the-art-of-roughhousing For hundreds of stories for children and teens starring adventurous and often rough-and-tumble girls and women, visit our Action & Adventure section at amightygirl/books/fiction/action-adventure
Posted on: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 22:39:49 +0000
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