The Playground Test: Judging Kids Awareness

Dr. Meenal returns to WBRC FOX6 to explain how exploring playgrounds helps children develop crucial brain processes for understanding and navigating space, and why “mistakes” on the playground are part of healthy growth. She encourages parents to regularly take their children to playgrounds and allow them to experiment, struggle, and learn through supervised trial and error. She also discusses her book Stuck in a Flat World.
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Source: WBRC 6
Posted on: July 23, 2026
