Why wicked play is powerful for kids

Helen O’Callaghan hears kids wanting to be a baddie is good.

Sat, 25 Jul, 2015 - 01:00

Helen O’Callaghan

WHEN playing with her friends, your child always wants to be the wicked witch, mean stepsister or bad wolf.

Before you start insisting that she be the fairy princess, think again, says Joanna Fortune, clinical psychotherapist and director of Solamh Parent-Child Relationship Clinic.

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