Making time to play with your kids in a time-poor world

Determined to make time to play with her son, time-poor Andrea Mara enlists the help of experts.

“MUM, will you play with me?” It’s a question that comes regularly from my five-year-old son, and one that brings out conflicting emotions: I love that he still wants to play with me, and I hate that I don’t always have time.

I promise myself I’ll make more of an effort, but then the stuff of everyday life come along again — homework, work, dinners — and another day passes without any play.