Author/Source: post by Kerala Taylor on Kaboom!, July 7, 2011

"It seems like such a natural, obvious thing that children should be playing," says Dr. Ken Ginsburg, pediatrician at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and author of Building Resilience in Children and Teens: Giving Kids Roots and Wings.

Children and families today face a laundry list of health issues - namely, rising levels of stress and anxiety, obesity-related health problems, dramatically reduced time for free play and play outdoors, and hectic and overscheduled family life. In this video, Dr. Ken Ginsburg has a very simple prescription for improving our health: PLAY.

Doctor's orders: Watch this video!

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