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Parenthood brings many responsibilities both economic and social. In the 21st century, these rarely include the mandate to play with your children. Yet, this emotionally rich experience holds the promise of bringing parents and children together for a mutually rewarding experience that will have repercussions through a lifetime. This paper explores the beliefs about play and education that influence parental attitudes and actions. It considers family roles and responsibilities that influence parent child play time, as well as the impact of messages from community institutions. The goals that parents have for their children and ways in which parent-child play can help both parents and children achieve these goals are juxtaposed with the personal, family, financial and neighborhood based stumbling blocks to parent child play, particularly in the preschool years. The paper concludes with suggestions for ways in which the community can help facilitate children's play with parents through the creation of play friendly places and messages.

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert