Reddit reviews Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul

Lego blocks!!! Yes I know they're not directly programming related. Children who play with Lego blocks (or basically built anything with their hands) are better and more creative problem solvers later in life.

Kids are naturally "little scientists" so I'm a little wary of people who want to encourage their kids to have an interest in STEM, it's more important not to accidentally discourage them by being a real annoyance about it. Young children learn through play.

In Jean-Jacques Rousseau's seminal work The Social Contract, he (a fervent Christian) insisted that Christianity is incompatible with a sovereign state and suggested that it would be better if we had a national folk religion. I feel exactly this way about sports. It is our national religion. As an atheist, it's my only religion, and it's a naturalistic and humanistic one. I explicitly refer to it as religion, and I'm being serious about it. Play is an important element of human culture. You might want to read this book on the topic if you have further interest.

Cool article! A related book I've been reading lately is "Play" by Stuart brown.

Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul https://www.amazon.com/dp/1583333789/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_e5iyxb47400TQ

Cool, thanks so much!

The first action I took... Well, I read this, which basically revealed what I'd been doing wrong for two years. That was my first big breakthrough, and I will be a lifelong fan of Dr. Brown for writing that book.

Working with Ramit and Tim was pretty incredible. They're both really sharp guys who went out of their way to expose me to amazing people and priceless experiences. It was tough, don't get me wrong, but I wouldn't have traded it for anything.

And I think we're all very capable of being stricken with anxiety, but it's something that builds and accumulates due to our environment and habits. It's not like it's a permanent condition that we have to be stuck with forever! And that means we are all capable of curing our anxiety :)

Define scientific and define Art. I suspect that you are looking for scientific papers (written by academics, peer reviewed, and the published). Not easy. You might find something in Google Scholar as relates to Art Therapy.

This is an interesting book about PLAY, because after all Art is Play.

http://www.amazon.com/Play-Shapes-Brain-Imagination-Invigorates/dp/1583333789