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Play begins as a major feature of mammalian evolution and remains as a major method of becoming reconciled with our present universe.

~Brian Sutton-Smith

Topics: Becoming Begins Evolution Feature Major Method Our Play Present Remains Universe

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Despite the efforts of some parents, children still tend to act out the traditional sex roles of our culture. The child's peer group may have more of an influence over this than the parents.

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Topics: Act Child Children Culture Despite Efforts Group Influence May More Our Out Over Parents Peer Roles Sex Some Still Tend Than Traditional

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Playful stimulation probably hits all kinds of synaptic possibilities. It is all make-believe and all over the map. The potentiality of the synapses and the potentiality of playfulness are a beautiful marriage.

~Brian Sutton-Smith

Topics: Beautiful Hits Kinds Make-Believe Map Marriage Over Playful Possibilities Stimulation

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The kid who can play imaginatively doesn't tend to be violent. It's the same with adults.

~Brian Sutton-Smith

Topics: Adult Kid Play Same Tend Violent Who

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Play is always a fantasy, but once you get into the frame, it is quite real, and everything you do is real. You put acres and acres of real movement and real action and real belief in it.

~Brian Sutton-Smith

Topics: Acres Action Always Belief Everything Fantasy Frame Get Movement Once Play Put Quite Real You

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The connections in the brain fade away unless used. We know that early stimulation of children leads to higher cognitive scores.

~Brian Sutton-Smith

Topics: Away Brain Children Cognitive Connections Early Fade Higher Know Leads Scores Stimulation Unless Used

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A weakness of many of the self-oriented play theories is that they often sound too much like vain consumerism instead of being about the more passionate and willful character of human play, which involves a willingness, even if a fantasy, to believe in the play venture itself.

~Brian Sutton-Smith

Topics: About Being Believe Character Consumerism Even Fantasy Human Instead Involves Itself Like Many More Much Often Passionate Play Sound Theories Too Too Much Vain Venture Weakness Which Willingness

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For decades, there has been this assumption that children played and adults didn't. That's rubbish.

~Brian Sutton-Smith

Topics: Adult Assumption Been Children Decades Played Rubbish

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Adults spend $500 billion on games and leisure activity each year, and some adults lament that kids get $15 billion for toys.

~Brian Sutton-Smith

Topics: Activity Adult Billion Each Each Year Games Get Kids Lament Leisure Some Spend Toys Year

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I keep trying to understand the phenomenon of why adults are so literal when children are so imaginative. Toys are a caricature of reality.

~Brian Sutton-Smith

Topics: Adult Caricature Children Imaginative Keep Literal Phenomenon Reality Toys Trying Understand Why

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Psychologist

Born: Unknown

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