Play is the business of all human beings and helps us challenge,understand and develop skills that might be used elsewhereseriously.
For example, when I mow the lawn, I think up different routes around theshrubs to knock off a few hundredths of a second. It is a mindlessdiversion, from which I improve skills of efficiency and technique. Ichallenge all your readers not come up with similar examples of how theystill play.
The problem is that adults have forgotten either to play or to recognisewhen they are playing. What we should be saying is that good playexperiences for the young equals a set of tools for a life full ofplay.
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