Kids happiest when parents play.

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In our hurried, harried, "Roadrunner"-type society, in which parents work feverishly to give their children every educational advantage, the concept of simple interaction--and of adults sitting down and playing with their kids--should be at the forefront of youngsters' learning, insists Temple cognitive psychologist Kathy Hirsh-Pasek. "Joining children in play is perhaps the hardest challenge parents have to meet," says the coauthor of Einstein Never

Used Flash Cards: How Our Children REALLY Learn--And Why They Need to Play More and Memorize Less.

"The pervasive myth in our achievement-oriented society that child's play is a waste of time is linked to the hype that parents must...