In fact, there has been a recent study that used Attention Training (ATT) to significantly increase children’s ability to delay gratification and reduce psychological vulnerability later in life (Murray, Theakston, & Wells, 2016). As counselors, we would want to take special attention to this because this could be something we may have to focus on with upcoming generational …show more content…
The ideas of play have been applied to many developmental theorist such as: Bowlby, Piaget, Vygotsky, Mahler, and many others (Crain, 2011), but much of today’s generation is outgrowing priorities of the significance of play. “Play is often linked to enriched thinking, more flexible brains, and the ability to improvise-which leads to a ‘mental suppleness’ and a broader vocabulary of behaviors across the span of development” (Koehler et at., 2011, p. 146). One would assume, due to the evidence of healthy development involving play, there would be an increase of innovative ways children are learning through play today, but the opposite is more true than the