Children’s Interactive Games Having Fun While Building Brains and Bettering Bonds! ©Beth Powell, LCSW, 2015

Low Tech Play Builds Brains and Bonds In Key Social and Neuro-Behavioral Areas of the Brain ©Beth Powell, LCSW, 2015

Or Human Attachment Non-Socially Productive Activities… The Limbic System Can Seek Drugs, Alcohol, Non-Socially Productive Activities… to a Dependent/Addictive Level …. Or Human Attachment ©Beth Powell, LCSW, 2015

High Tech Play Doesn’t Teach Human Attachment Nor Cooperation, Sharing, Reciprocity, or Altruism (Because It Isn’t Real Life) ©Beth Powell, LCSW, 2015

The Brain Develops in a Use-Dependent, Kinesthetic Manner (Practice Makes Perfect…) ©Beth Powell, LCSW, 2015

High Tech Play Doesn’t Develop Base Neuro Systems That the Higher Systems Build on Differentiation Proprioception Vestibular Functions Tactility Depth Perception Muscle Tone If They Aren’t Practiced Enough in Real Life. ©Beth Powell, LCSW, 2015

Low Tech Play Practices Primary Social, Human Behaviors and Base Neuro Functions. “Escape” Themed Imaginative Play Dancing and Clapping Games Object-Assisted Play Cooperative Play Coordination Play “Rescue/Hero” Themed Imaginative Play Table Games ©Beth Powell, LCSW, 2015

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