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The Importance of Play in Promoting Healthy Child Development and Maintaining Strong Parent-Child Bonds

Kenneth R. Ginsburg, ; and the Committee on Communications and ; and the Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health
Pediatrics January 2007, 119 (1) 182-191; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2006-2697
Kenneth R. Ginsburg
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vol. 119 no. 1 182-191
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2006-2697
PubMed 
17200287

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American Academy of Pediatrics
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0031-4005
Online ISSN 
1098-4275
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  • Published online January 2, 2007.

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  1. Kenneth R. Ginsburg, MD, MSEd,
  2. and the Committee on Communications,
  3. and the Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health
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    • INTRODUCTION
    • THE BENEFITS OF PLAY
    • REDUCED CHILD-DRIVEN PLAY AND THE POTENTIAL REPERCUSSIONS
    • FACTORS THAT HAVE CHANGED THE ROUTINE OF CHILDHOOD
    • WHY IS IT A PROBLEM?
    • FAMILY CONSIDERATIONS
    • WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS?
    • ADVICE FOR PEDIATRICIANS*
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