How to Play Like Kids, for Adults

**Not kink-related play**

Play is essential for kids. They use play to process their emotions, understand what’s going on, improv different scenarios and solutions, practice next steps, and be brave--all things that would be beneficial for adults as well.

Play is also in our DNA. In hunter gatherer times, social life was infused with play, with highly cooperative games, dances and playful myths integrated into everyday life. Overall, play promoted fairness and sharing, and was a key part of creating an egalitarian society, which anthropologists believe helped us continue to grow and evolve as a species.

In this class, I will discuss the history of humans' relationship with play and its continuing importance today for people of all ages, as well as provide suggestions on learning to play again, including letting our kids teach us what comes naturally to them.