Play reduces stress and lifts well-being-and adults benefit as much as children do

• Somewhere along the way to adulthood, time to play fades away. • We tend to trade silliness and imagination for seriousness and busyness.

Article Summaries:

• Somewhere along the way to adulthood, time to play fades away. We tend to trade silliness and imagination for seriousness and busyness.

Sources:

• https://phys.org/news/2026-02-play-stress-adults-benefit-children.html