Jungle gyms

Petro Pretorius [21 September 2009] -

We live in a society where occupational therapy has become a way of life. As our world change our children seem to become less active, and as that require assistance in achieving milestones which they would have achieved through active play.

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Medical Practitioners

Petro Pretorius [03 October 2008] -

This morning I was reading a blog about a gynae which was being blamed for a miscarriage. In short the women started bleeding around twelve weeks which intensified the next week. She saw a doctor at the emergency ward, which blamed in on a bladder infection and then the gynae who prescribed bed rest. Her bleeding got worse and the next week she had a miscarriage.

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Rules – creating prisoners or free children?

Frederick van Wyk [30 March 2009] - When we were growing up as teenagers, we were saying things like:  “I cannot wait to be a grown-up to make my own rules and be a free man.  Where no one and nothing will dictate to me what I must do or not do.”  Yet today, I am astounded when observing kids play, that they always place boundaries or fences in their play.  I do sand play therapy with children, and the first objects they put in the sand, are the fences.  These fences say:  Within these boundaries the people, animals, and consequently myself, are safe.  And only within those boundaries, can I be free.  Read more »