Ei ollut mikään vitsi. Tässä nyt oli puhe tuosta rehdistä tappelusta joka tapahtui ennen tuota päähän potkimista.

Play-fighting often makes parents and educators uncomfortable. It can lead to physical injuries and some believe it triggers aggressive or violent behaviours that can impair a child’s early development. However, studies show that play-fighting, like all forms of playing, is an important source of learning for young children. It allows them, among other things, to:

• develop self-control over their impulses and their muscles (for example: control how hard they hit or push)
• learn the difference between acceptable and non-acceptable behaviours
• learn to create rules and play by the rules
• decrease the use of hurtful physical aggressions

In the end, the question is “where do we set the limit?” and the answer is: “play in a way that nobody gets hurt.”