Sources for Play, Downtime, and Your Child's Health

¹ National Association of Health Education Centers; the Nemours Center for Children’s Health Media, 2006. The Kids Health KidsPoll—Are Kids Too Busy? Summary of Findings. Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

² Alvin Rosenfeld, Wise Nicole, 2001. The Over-Scheduled Child: Avoiding the Hyper-Parenting Trap. New York: St. Martin's Griffin.

³ Ginsburg, Kenneth R.; Committee on Communications; Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health, 2007. The Importance of Play in Promoting Healthy Child Development and Maintaining Strong Parent-Child Bonds. Pediatrics, 119: 182-191. Accessed March 30, 2008.

⁴ Singer, D. G., Singer, J. L., 1992. The house of make-believe. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

⁵ Broughton, D., 2006. Are your kids overscheduled? Make playtime a priority. Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research.