My Connections to Play

“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”George Bernard Shaw 

In my soul, I am still that small child who did not care about anything else but the beautiful colors of a rainbow." Papiha Ghosh


These are two quotes that I feel summarize what play represented for me during my childhood and as an continues to represent for me as an adult.  

"What can I say???  I really wasn't old enough for the Easy Bake Oven at 4 years old but I HAD TO HAVE IT!!  It was definitely essential for play and dessert!!!

 "I loved my doll head... she used to look so beautiful after I curled her hair!  I also wanted to look beautiful after I made her beautiful...also definitely essential for play and fashion at 5 years old!!

"My Baby Alive was essential for developing my 5 year old mommy skills!  She was the sweetest baby and I loved fixing her food and feeding her "real baby food" and she always ate it all and she even needed me to change her diaper when the food came out!  LOL...

My parents and grandparent played a major role in the support of play during my childhood years.  I was able to be creative and expand on my creativity and never rushed to grow up!  I had pretend groceries to shop with and a cash register that allowed me to be the shopper and the cashier and no one said I couldn't be both!! My parents and grandparents allotted time for me daily to play with my sister and the neighborhood children both indoors and outdoors.

Play is different than the play that I was engaged in as a child in many ways!  We were more active and not as technology driven.  There was not so much emphasis on learning and mastering standardized tests and there was not so much pressure to be a kid.  I was allowed to be a child! Oh boy, I couldn't wait for the summer to spend with my grandparents because they bought me all the toys I wanted!  Play can still be similar to how it was back when I was a child if parents would just slow down......  and stop trying to keep up with the next person.  This is my own opinion.  Parents are forcing their children to grow up entirely too fast and being raised by the television, computer, and video games.

I am so excited about my toddler son developing at the stage that he is developing.  I can't wait to introduce him to toys that he can touch, feel, and engage himself with, in order to develop cognitive, social, and emotional skills.  I'm so excited because I am still a big kid myself and I understand that play is a child's work and it is very HEALTHY!

Relationship Reflection

I feel that relationships are essential and vital for human development. I believe that positive relationships are healthy and promote and foster development in children and adults as well. I am very blessed to have postive relationships/partnerships in my world.

The 1st healthy relationship that I am most proud of is the relationship with my 13 month old son! We have a mother/child bond that is unexplainable! I have no words to describe the development of our relatioship and the level that we had yet to accomplish. He amazes me each and every day with the ways he is becoming independent with the help of mommy!



My son's father also plays an intricate part of my life. He has been very supportive with my decision to complete my degree and he is the best father to our son! We communicate and do the neccessary things that we need to do to ensure that our son has the best life possible! We are definitely partners when it comes to our baby boy and we have open lines of communication and we put our son first!

My mother and father are the epitamy of a perfect partnership/relationship and it trickled down from their parenting skills. I feel as if I had the best upbringing and I am very proud to say that I hope to model my parent's relationship whenever I decide to marry my soul mate because my parents are soulmates!