The PlayFight Prescription
Culturally accepted spaces for young boys to understand themselves physically to better navigate the world.
What Is the Playfight Prescription.
There is now mountain of science to back research suggesting that boys who become verbally or physically violent adults, where often not played with in a Rough and Tumble context enough as children. They never got the chance to understand how to use their body, calibrate force, and learn how to truly develop empathy. We have resorted to drugging young children with ADHD medication to prevent outbursts and “make them focus”
This medication directly acts upon the receptors in the brain responsible for a young boys play desire.
This action causes children to deeply suppress their basic natural function and need to play causing monumental psychological and physical malnutrition on their formative years of becoming a man in society.
“Young boys are inherently driven and Highly physical people, 53% of them have now been drugged to suppress these qualities. to deaden that drive is a fundamental denial to a young mans nature and a destructive act against healthy masculinity in our culture.” - Rafe Kelley
The main problem is, this isn’t going to change fast.
The research shows that 60% of parents raising children today suffering the same lack of physical play in their upbringings, and now with the rising of pressure in households and the growing of acceptance in medication and technology as “pacifiers” for boys, physical play has become forgotten language in most homes.
The Playfight Prescription is here to Challenge this…
Our Mission is to create culturally accepted spaces where boys and young men can begin to remember the forgot language of rough and tumble in safe, guided and supported setting.
This mission is imperative to give young men the opportunity to develop physical intelligence, cultivate a strong sense of resilience, have an embodied understanding of self control, empathy and social skills, allow them to properly develop their brain and cognitive functions and allow them to healthily express their physicality and masculinity.
How we are tackling the issue
Workshops: Coming soon…
We offer workshops, around the UK Aimed at young boys and their parents.
These workshops consist of:
Fun playful games, tips and tricks that parents can use and play around the house and at home.
How to allow moments for play to occur at home.
How to handle the situation when it when the intensity rises without shutting down the play session
How to deal with the tears and show the children this is part of the learning process.
How to design living spaces at home that are conducive for play.
School Demonstrations:
We offer demonstrations at schools to show how this can be added into extra curricular acvtvties and even integrated into the PE curriculum.
We show clearly:
How to keep it safe and enjoyable for everyone.
How to safely enter into a rough and tumble class with kids at school How to spot signals of things getting out of hand.
A digital hand book of games, exercises and tasks to bring children into a safe exploration of rough and tumble play.
Practical ways in which Rough and Tumble play can be built safely into the school curriculum.
Positive Mentorship:
We offer mentorship for young boys to have the opportunity its to work one to one with the project leader Charlie. Charlie has worked with young children for many years. He has a huge background coaching and leadership in martial arts, parkour, climbing and much more. He was fortunate enough to have access to a mentor who gave him the opportunity to explore his masculinity through physical play. He now endeavours to give the same chance to young people today.
He Offers:
He aims to develop 1:1 mentor relationships with as many young boys as possible to aid in his mission of helping young boys grow into men in the best way they can.Working with individual families closely to bring more play opportunity into the family dynamic.
He will come out and work regularly with a particular child to give the child chance to explore other ways of regulating, learning and physically developing in a safe and engaging way.
He hosts Families at his home in the lake district to have a more immersive experiences in the many ways parents can use nature as a helping hand in the playful learning experience.
