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Technology is changing how children play constantly. The era of the "iPad Kid" is among us where kids are raised on a screen and prefer and constantly play online. As technology advances we will see how this effects kids long term, as of now we can see the effects on children's communication skills.

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Land, Earth, and Outdoors
My family came from Spain to work as educators, my grandparent both wanted to be professors in the states. I don't think we have any relationships with the indigenous people that owned this land, the land we live on was stolen many years ago and I have no idea who previously habituated there. I think this impacts play because the land we use and live on impacts our culture which impacts how children are raised.

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Montessori's methods of play and teaching interested me. I feel like today we watch and protect kids so much, therefore they can't learn and participate in life as much as they want to. In my childhood I think my mom unknowingly followed her methods because she would let me play with all of her things with room for mistakes.

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It's a little long but I was just stuttering so much.

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I honestly never thought I was impacted by culture until I realized that my white culture was basically dominating over everything else. I feel like my eyes have been greatly opened to the ideas of other cultures and how those have been diminished due to white ideals being considered "normal"

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In my life having a brother with special needs has taught me a lot about ableism and how it affects play. I think society in general needs to understand that all kids can play in there own way and all forms of play can be beneficial.

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Monoligualism has effected my family because my entire moms side of my family speaks Spanish, the rest of my family does not. This causes us to not be able to communicate with our relatives and I have lost so much of my Spanish culture.

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I think personally gender stereotypes impacted me because I was more of a "tom boy" growing up and felt like I had to stick to that and can't be girly and like sports at the same time.

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Personally my experience with understanding racism was that I am very privileged but I didn't realize to the extent. I benefit from white supremacy and I think more people need to be aware of the extent that white supremacy holds in our everyday lives.

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Basically to sum up my point, we need to listen to children so they can learn and communicate to the best of their ability in their own ways which is why childhood is so special and important in human development.

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My mom's side of my family is from Spain, this took me out of my bubble a lot. It allowed a lot of travel to visit family. It also brought a lot of Spanish traditions and foods into my home. This allowed me to experience my own culture.

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Living in the suburb bubble in the south basically entails that your family is Christian. While as a kid I didn't think I cared or it had any affect, but now looking back I realize it set my morals for life. I also spent time playing in the church and Sunday school.

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Growing up speaking English in a bubble of all people that spoke English made life really easy. There was no league barrier ever. I think this affected my development in a bad way because it closed me off to the fact that that is not the way the world works.

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Growing up female affected my development for obvious reasons. I had mainy girl best friends, played dress up and gave each other makeovers. But being female impacted me most in my development with my interests now which stemmed from my childhood play. Now I love fashion and makeup which I wasn't into for more than just playing when I was young.

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As well as being close to my siblings, I am very close with both my parents. I spent a lot of time with my parents, we would do fun activities together all the time. It affected my development because I felt very close to my parents and I always trust them. I also feel like they always cared for me when they wanted to spend one on one time.

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The majority of my identity as a human forever will always be being a sister. I am very close to my younger brother and sister. I spent all my time with my siblings, we would get home from school and play for hours upon hours. Whether it was imaginative games, dress up, or with toys; we were never bored. As kids we spent all our time together and even now we cherish the time we get to spend together. I think I liked playing with them the most because I was a shy kid and I felt like I could be myself always and just have fun.

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While on the spectrum of disabilities, dyslexia is very easy to manage. It was apparent to my parents since I started reading but we didn’t know for sure until I was about 10. How did something involving reading affect my play you might be wondering, well not only would I have to stay after school to work on reading as a child. I grew up knowing there was something wrong with my brain and therefore when there were puzzles or word games or anything involving reading I would get self conscious and not play.

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Right outside of Houston was a wonderful place to grow up, white picket fences for miles but at the same time only 10 minutes from the hussle of the city. My neighborhood provided a bubble around the real world and allowed me to play and be free in the neighborhood blocks. I had friends that lived all around and we would play in the streets for hours. We imagined our lawns were a  jungle and the streets were our own personal highway. I think growing up in the suburbs let me live out my childhood as long as possible and gave me a community I wouldn't be the same without.

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I learned that we have similar identities but we all effected us differently. What stood out is how we all are so different but had similar childhoods.