Anyone who grew up with siblings knows what roughhousing entails. It's the natural part of childhood that allows kids to explore boundaries, test their physical limits, and pretend that they're WWE ...

Roughhousing requires our kids to adapt quickly to unpredictable situations. In his book, Wild Justice, evolutionary biologist, Marc Bekoff, says, “The unpredictable nature of roughhousing actually ...

No roughhousing. No superhero games. No turning your fingers — or your Pop-Tart — into a make-believe gun. No tag. And certainly no dodgeball. Stories of zero-tolerance play-policing are a ...

I don’t recall roughhousing with my children, and I am certain my parents didn’t roughhouse with me. When I try to come up with a list of parents who roughhouse with their children now, it’s painfully ...

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FARGO - Aaron Jost can tell when his 2- and 5-year-old sons need a bit of rough-and-tumble play. "I just sense my boys get this level of agitation, and the way this is dealt with healthily is ...

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All childhood aggression is not equal, but that's a fact missed by stringent no-touch policies that eradicate free-play activities like a good game of tag or dodgeball. And the strict rules come with ...

It took an M.D. and a Ph.D. to come up with "The Art of Roughhousing," a new parenting guide to good old-fashioned horseplay complete with ultra-simple diagrams for a safe "raucous pillow fight" or ...

Roughhousing is good for kids—and parents As moms, every fiber of our being has been devoted to nourishing, nurturing and protecting our babies from before that first beautiful cry was heard to those ...