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The Messy, Frustrating, Work of Play

March 20, 2026 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

Sometimes when my kids are playing, one of them plays too rough or in a different way than the other one wanted them to. Sometimes they will appeal to me for intervention: “I said stop […]

Drumroll

June 19, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

This post needs a content warning. I am talking about violence against children—not in the present tense, thankfully, but in the past tense. I am also talking about defusing anger responses against children instead of […]

Games That Don’t Require Moving

April 2, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

Listen, the parental exhaustion is real. I know this. AND, simultaneously, the children need to be in constant motion, like, 22 hours out of the day. I also know this. Meeting opposing sensory needs is […]