Unplug and Play

Anthony T. DeBenedet, M.D. is a practicing physician, behavioural-science enthusiast, and energetic dad. His interviews and writings on play, health, wellness, and behaviour have run in multiple major media outlets. He is the author of Playful Intelligence: The Power of Living Lightly in a Serious World (Santa Monica Press, 2018). DeBenedet lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Lawrence Cohen is a licensed psychologist, author, and consultant living in Portland, Oregon. Larry is the author of The Opposite of Worry, a book for parents about childhood anxiety and fears, and Playful Parenting, an award-winning book about nurturing close connections, solving behaviour problems, and encouraging children's confidence. He is also co-author, with Michael Thompson and Catherine O'Neill Grace, of Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Friendship, Popularity and Social Cruelty in the Lives of Boys and Girls, and Mom, They're Teasing Me: Helping Children Solve Social Problems. He specializes in children's play and play therapy.

“An inspired defense of roughhousing! I guarantee that if you read just a few pages of this book, you'll be down on the floor wrestling and laughing with your children.”—Michael Thompson, co-author of the national best seller Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys “Two dads offer the perfect antidote to helicopter parenting.”—Washington Post"Enthusiastically recommended." Starred review—Library Journal