Make the kids’ summer holidays go with a bang – play together like orangutans | Helen Pilcher
One of the biggest mistakes we make as humans is to assume that play belongs to childhood. Photograph: Steve Bloom Images/AlamyView image in fullscreenOne of the biggest mistakes we make as humans is to assume that play belongs to childhood. Cue the annual expectation that parents will conjure up six weeks of affordable, memory-making fun while holding down a job and hanging on to their sanity.
- ▪One of the biggest mistakes we make as humans is to assume that play belongs to childhood.
- ▪Photograph: Steve Bloom Images/AlamyView image in fullscreenOne of the biggest mistakes we make as humans is to assume that play belongs to childhood.
- ▪Cue the annual expectation that parents will conjure up six weeks of affordable, memory-making fun while holding down a job and hanging on to their sanity.
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One of the biggest mistakes we make as humans is to assume that play belongs to childhood. Photograph: Steve Bloom Images/AlamyView image in fullscreenOne of the biggest mistakes we make as humans is to assume that play belongs to childhood. Photograph: Steve Bloom Images/AlamyOpinionAnimalsMake the kids’ summer holidays go with a bang – play together like orangutansHelen PilcherWith the news that the ginger giants arrange playdates for their offspring, scientists say messing about has health benefits for humans of all agesTue 28 Jul 2026 03.00 EDTShareThe school summer holidays are upon us. Cue the annual expectation that parents will conjure up six weeks of affordable, memory-making fun while holding down a job and hanging on to their sanity.
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