... theory, which argued that the development of individual goes through the development of the species. He argued that play in childhood pass through the same five stages as evolutionary history - animal (climbing and swinging), savage (hunting or tag), nomad (keeping pets), agricultural/patriarchal (digging in sand or looking after dolls) and tribal (team games). These allow a child to release ... " which is used in assisting highly disturbed children. They believe that play provide a means of acting out emotional conflicts and disturbances and also offer alternatives and ways of resolvin...

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