Edel Coffey: It's time to stop worrying what others think and embrace play as adults

"We just have to stop worrying about what people will think of us if we join a hula-hooping group or a roller-skating group."

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I was reading about a club called the 40+ Double Dutch Club recently in  The New York Times. It’s an American club started by a group of women over 40 that involves getting together to do the things they enjoyed in childhood, notably Double Dutch skipping, but also hula-hooping and playground games from their school days.

The club was started seven years ago by a woman named Pamela Robinson, from Chicago, who was going through a difficult time. Her marriage of 20 years was breaking up, she was suffering with depression and her three children were growing up and becoming less dependent on her.