Play It Forward, A Wearthy Podcast

Our next guest is award-winning animator and Queensland local Joe Brumm. His popular cartoon Bluey has done an extraordinary job in capturing the day-to-day challenges and joys of parenting through a playful, validating, and accessible animation for the entire family. In this awesome chat between two dads, Lukas and Joe talk about playful parenting, our own childhood versus the modern childhood experience, addressing parental challenges, and a whole bunch more. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1068768/ https://ludostudio.com.au/ https://iview.abc.net.au/show/bluey

Our next guest on Play it Forward is the eclectic and magnetic Dr Arne Rubinstein. Arne is an expert on Rites of Passage and adolescent development with 30 years’ experience as a medical doctor, counsellor, mentor, speaker and workshop facilitator. His programs and seminars are designed to support boys and girls in successfully making a safe, healthy transition to adulthood. In this episode that could have easily gone for a few more hours, Lukas and Arne chat about adversity in childhood, Rites of Passage for all stages of life, reframing masculinity and a whole bunch more. https://ritesofpassageinstitute.org/ https://ritesofpassageinstitute.org/product-category/resources/books/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC5GR3Q1ZWI – Dr Arne’s TEDx Talk https://parenttv.com/experts/dr-arne-rubinstein

In Episode 2, Season 3 of Play it Forward, Lukas reconnects with Professor of Psychology Emerita at Notre Dame University, Darcia Narvaez. In 2020, Darcia was identified as one of the top 2% of scientists worldwide. She is an award-winning author and the founder of educational outreach project, The Evolved Nest Initiative. Lukas and Darcia chat about the wellness-informed pathway versus the trauma-inducing pathway, the importance of connecting to the natural world and the healing power of play. https://darcianarvaez.com/ https://breakingthecyclefilm.org/ https://evolvednest.org/ http://richardlouv.com/books/vitamin-n https://ecoattachment.dance/ http://kindredmedia.org/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYFv1BZL-mjBJKz5L485EQg - Evolved Nest Initiative https://soundcloud.com/evolvednest/sets/evolved-nest-podcast-series - Evolved Nest Podcast

Ellen Sandseter has influenced Wearthy playgrounds since the very beginning. She defined the 6 categories of risky play and her commitment to the research of children’s right to free play has changed the lives of countless children. A Professor at the Department of Physical Education and Health at QMUC, she has a master degree in sport sciences from the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences and a PhD in Psychology from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. And lastly, she is the author of one of the best named research papers in history - Scary Funny: A Qualitative Study Of Risky Play Among Preschool Children. Lukas and Ellen have a delightful discussion about the research behind risky play, the evolution of risk and the thrill-seeking benefits, and how to support our capable children through inviting more risk in play. https://ellenbeatehansensandseter.com/ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236986868_Scaryfunny_-_A_qualitative_study_of_risky_play_among_preschool_children https://rethinkingchildhood.com/

In Episode 16 of Season 2, Lukas has a philosophical chat to big-thinker Dr Greg Mews. Greg is currently teaching and researching in Landscape Architecture at Queensland University of Technology. He also lectures at Technical University of Berlin, Yale University, University of Canberra, University of Kassel, and University of NSW. Greg has received several high-profile research scholarships, eleven work-related awards and is about to publish his next book entitled "Transforming Public Space through Play" with Routledge. He is the Founder of Urban Synergies Group, an Urban Thinkers voice for UN-Habitat and fellow Co-founder and Director of the Australian Institute of Play. In this high-level episode, Lukas and Greg talk about play from a new materialist perspective on childhood. They discuss what matters in life, the way we think, tell stories and produce worlds within the world. An episode not to be missed! https://urbansynergiesgroup.org/philosophy/keypeople/about-gregor/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dPjrg7Nwsg - TEDx Talk https://urbansynergiesgroup.org/publications/

On the next episode of Play it Forward, Lukas chats to the Unplugged Psychologist Brad Marshall. Brad is the Director of the Internet Addiction Clinic @ Kidspace where he’s helped hundreds of families struggling with internet, screen and gaming addiction. He is an author, well-respected presenter and frequent consultant on various television channels. In this informational chat between two fathers, Lukas and Brad talk about how screens impact well-being, what parents can do about it and a bunch of interesting stats around children and the digital world. https://unpluggedpsychologist.com/books/ https://www.instagram.com/unpluggedpsychologist/ https://www.facebook.com/unpluggedpsychologist

In Season 2, Episode 12 of Play it Forward, Lukas chats to “America’s Worst Mom” Lenore Skenazy. Lenore is a mother from Queens who caught the public eye after letting her 9-year-old son catch the subway, alone. She founded a book and blog called “Free-range kids” and co-founded Let Grow school programs and parent empowerment, in her quest to give kids back some old-fashioned independence. In this high-energy episode Lukas and Lenore talk about overcoming fears and cultivating courage in parents, common myths about what children are experiencing, giving kids agency and freedom, plus a whole bunch more. https://letgrow.org/program/the-let-grow-project/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVxRCcowgqU https://letgrow.org/program/play-club/ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21594937.2021.1878774 https://www.adi.org/journal/CurrentIssue/CurrentIssue.pdf https://letgrow.org/free-chapter/ https://www.freerangekids.com/guide/ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-07/logan-children-playing-outside-in-neighborhood-first/100268152

Our next guest wants you to create a homegrown national park…and it’s not as daunting as it sounds. Our philosophy at Wearthy is creating environments for children to thrive, so who better to have on the show than someone who researches thriving environments as a profession. Doug Tallamy is a professor in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, he has authored around 100 research publications and has taught insect related courses for 40 years. One of his books, Nature’s Best Hope was also a New York Times best-seller. In this eye-opening episode, Lukas and Doug talk about the necessity of nature, restoring biodiversity, the food web, how to get children caring for plants and lots more! https://homegrownnationalpark.org/ https://bit.ly/3hT8zf9 - purchase Nature’s Best Hope and Doug’s other books https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Tallamy