Monday 11 June 2012

Win The Art of Roughhousing Book


Following on from my review of the book ‘The Art of Roughhousing’, Quirk Publishing are giving my readers the chance to win a copy of this book.

The Art of Roughhousing is a parent’s how-to guide for healthy, robust play with their children.


The authors of the book, Anthony DeBenedet and Lawrence J Cohen are both practicing doctors, the former an MD the latter a child psychologist and enthusiastic supporters of roughhousing and physical activity for both children and adults.

Roughhousing play brings a wealth of benefits to both adults and children – speeding a child’s development physically, emotionally and increasing their learning ability, and helping adults bond with their child, and is recommended by many child development authorities like Steve Biddulph.

Spinning a child in a circle helps with inner-ear balancing development, whilst rowdy, but not dangerous, play sets limits and boundaries enabling children to become aware of physical dangers to themselves, and also makes them faster learners in class, and better at social situations later in life, as tried and tested research shows, and the authors demonstrate in this book.

At a time when more and more children are staying indoors with iPods, computers, and games consoles, the need for physical activity is more urgent than ever. The Art of Roughhousing provides everything a parent and child needs for robust, joyful play both indoors and outdoors. 45 illustrated activities for children are shown here – from Sumo Deadlift to Rouge Dumbo and Human Cannonball – and each diagram shows how to safely engage in entertaining roughhousing.

The Prize.
2 lucky winners will each win a copy of the book ‘The Art of Roughousing’.

To enter this competition for a chance to win this book use the Rafflecopter below -
Important bits.
This competition ends on Wednesday the 13th of June 2012
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24 comments:

  1. I rough and tumble with my 4 year old and have done since he was old enough - he uses me like a climbing frame and I love it.  Nothing wrong with a bit of wrestling :)

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  2. I am completely new to the concept of roughhousing, but feel that my little one would benefit from this kind of play

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  3. I don't remember playing rough and tumble when I was little but we certainly do with Piper and Daisy. Both girls love to climb all over us as we pretend to be asleep then we grab them and roll them over for a big tickle! They also love being held above Daddy's head and swung around in circles (Daddy's not so keen though, I don;t think his balance is up to much as he staggers around when he puts them down :-) @piperanddaisy 

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  4. we had plenty of rough and tumble as kids and our son loves it too!

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  5. i dont have a choice with my daughter shes so hyper lol but whatever makes her happy x

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  6. As a child I would never play rough...I was too much of a little princess :)  My own two daughters are exactly the same now.

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  7. I don't rough and tumble at all and didn't as a child.

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  8. Christina Michael12 June 2012 at 10:30

    All children love a bit of rough play with an adult that they trust

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  9. I can remember lots of rough-and-tumble (as we called it then) when I was a little girl! I used to absolutely love it. We play rough-and-tumble with all our little one's, from tickle fights which result on us all rolling round on the floor in hysterics, to spinning the little ones up in the air above our heads (slowly obviously so we don't all fall over!) and my little boy loves standing on his dad's tummy as he lies on the floor, holding his daddy's outstretched hands and jumping up and down on his tummy - although daddy isn't too keen on his tummy being jumped up and down on!

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  10. My son and I are always rough housing. I swing him about in circles and throw him on the bed, he loves it - he's always loved tumbling around :)

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  11. I used to always rough and tumble play with my dad and brother as a child. Although I have to admit that it once ended up with me in A&E after catapulting off the bed and landing on my head (hurting my neck). As it append, I was absolutely fine but you can never be too sure when a child says their neck hurts! :) This hadn't put me off though, and the memories of roughing and tumbling with the boys is a very very fond one of mine. We rough and tumble, not only with our toddler, but our dog joins in too (he's only a medium sized fluffy Lhasapoo). They both LOVE it and so do we - our little boy laughs a special kind if laugh that's just unique and special to us :)

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  12. Martina Pichova12 June 2012 at 12:57

    My partner loves throwing my son in the air and they always laugh so much. I enjoy watching them bonding this way.

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  13. My eldest wrestles his dad all the time, I cringe a bit, i have to say, but he loves it!

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  14. I used to rough house all the time with my mum and dad when growing up. I think it made me a 'hard' person, not in a bad way, but more confident to tackle all things when I was older.

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  15. samantha_ripley12 June 2012 at 16:37

    I hated all that as a child, i was smaller than other kids my age and a delicate little thing hehe, my daughter loved bothing more then been thrown about as a baby and still loves a good play fight at 5

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  16. Unfortunately I fell all the way down stairs as a child but in the way of bouncy young bones I emerged unscathed - but I wouldn't recommend it.

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  17. I was a bit of a tomboy as a child and Charlotte is turning out the same way! She is always rough and tumbling with her Dad. I stand there saying "Be careful!" and getting met with raised eyebrows from the pair of them!

    Charlotte loves soft play centres because she can be rough. I worry less there. x

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  18. My parents were playful with my brothers but not me. My boys gomad climb trees, fall out of trees and hurt themselves by doing this. I'mforever scared but hubby encourages it. My daughter is like hubby and show sno fear.
    My boys love rough play and I have no say!

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  19. My boys love rough and tumble, they run and jump around the garden, climb the trees in our garden and just generally love to wrestle and roll around on the floor. I think it's a good thing!

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  20. I played rough and tumble when younger and although my son is a little young atm, I will do when he is older - being young and active is a good thing

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  21. my partner is very rough and tumble with the kids

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  22. I was always scrapping about in the mud!
    I sometimes had 3 or 4 changes of clothes a day but didn't tel mum
    as learnt how to use hose and tumble dryer in garage !

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  23. colette hallinan13 June 2012 at 16:39

    I've played roughly with my little boy from a very young age. I remember him trying to climb over a box and my friend swooping down to pick him up saying "Gosh I don't know how you cope!" My response?  "I'd have let him fall then given him a cuddle afterward" - measured risk.  Kids are too soft these days - my little boy loves a bit of rough play and exploring and hopefully his sister will too!

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  24. I play with my little boy and he loves it!

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