Article: Play Doesn’t Go On A Resume — But Maybe It Should
By Melissa Bernstein, HuffPost Contributor
The phrase “Play doesn’t go on a resume” — and the profound impact that has had on childhood — has been plaguing me since I had the honor of sitting on a panel with Dr. Peter Gray and a group of esteemed childhood development experts as we discussed the results of a new study on parents’ perspectives on play.
How different would childhood be today if child-led play were valued in the same way as organized sports, academics, and other extracurricular, adult-led activities?
Imagine a resume where under “Skills,” you might find “Ability to think outside of the box as evidenced by transformation of simple cardboard structure into any number of adventure-ready vehicles” or “Demonstrated strong negotiation tactics while collaborating with 6-year-old colleagues on the rules to Duck,
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