Dean Abbott on Substack
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Dean Abbott on Substack
we misunderstand play itself, casting it as exuberant, silly, a frippery that signals to us that our children are still young enough to have not yet turned their minds to more weighty endeavours. But play is serious. Play is absolute. Play is the complete absorption in something that doesn’t matter to the external world, but which matters
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It’s like being a kid again: Children skip the boring “getting to know you” phase and jump straight into pretend play — transforming into dragon-slaying knights or shipwrecked sailors.
“How was your weekend?” “Good, but I spent way too much time watching people make tiny food on TikTok.” “Whoa, like … dollhouse-size?” “Yes! If you want to learn to
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