I was working with a child of about 8 years old the other day. We were playing a gross motor game, and he made up all the rules. Obviously, they were all to his advantage. As i questioned him about the unfair rules, he would think about it and then change the rules slightly. I couldn't help but the think of the underlying process going on inside his young mind. A vision of a text over photo that came to mind. At its foundation, is this how it works? Some will say, "first you got to learn the rules," but idk if that's completely accurate. So many of our rules/values/belief systems are absorbed, handed down that we don't ever learn them, we kinda just follow them, without question them as constructs. Play is the work of childhood, and i just think that the bees knees :) #theresilientchildisnotbornsheismade #beesknees #play #playtherapy #bestofover #grossmotoractivity #therapybros #questiontherules #learntoaskgoodquestions
