The true purpose of play is much more than the promotion of good health. It is to teach children how to negotiate their way around the world. It is to foster creativity, competition and companionship. Without real play, where children forge lasting friendships, society simply crumbles in to ‘the dust and powder of individuality’.

The true purpose of play is much more than the promotion of good health. It is to teach children how to negotiate their way around the world. It is to foster creativity, competition and companionship. Without real play, where children forge lasting friendships, society simply crumbles in to ‘the dust and powder of individuality’.