https://soundcloud.com/adsummitph/come-out-and-play
Words: Abi Aquino of MullenLowe Philppines
Music: Jasper Perez
Artist: Quest
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered at Soundesign Manila, with special thanks to Raul Blay.

Today on playing for a change we are going to discuss the aversion to talking about P-L-A-Y

That four letter word that scares many people..

BUT:

Is it possible that play is actually the answer to some of our greatest most complex social challenges and that our fear of it comes out of what it has become in our mind

purposeless, silly, boundless, undirected, volatile, unpredictable, risky,…

Supported by research:

According to the WHO Every 40 seconds, someone loses their life to suicide.

https://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide/suicideprevent/en/

According to research teacher burnout is actually an international epidemic.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/much-more-common-core/201611/the-teacher-burnout-epidemic-part-1-2

The Creativity Crisis: It’s Getting Worsehttps://www.ideatovalue.com/crea/khkim/2017/04/creativity-crisis-getting-worse/

Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life - Peter Grey

Lack of Social Connectedness and Its Consequences

https://academic.oup.com/ppar/article/27/4/121/4807305