Rediscovering Playfulness
in Parenthood
Rediscovering Playfulness
in Parenthood
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in Parenthood
Edna is a registered social worker in Singapore with over nine years of experience walking alongside children and families. She is also the co-founder of Kindred Haven, a social impact venture supporting parents from pregnancy through the wonderfully messy early years of parenting.
In her work, Edna draws on play therapy techniques, family systemic approaches, and dyadic work to help strengthen parent-child relationships. She believes that when parents are supported, children and families thrive.
Outside of work, she is a mum of two young children who keep her learning, laughing, and very well-acquainted with negotiations.
Somewhere between the snack requests, school runs, bedtime battles and endless mental load, playfulness has quietly taken a backseat in most parents’ lives. Play is often spoken about as something children need. Yet, parents need it too.
This sharing invites parents to rediscover playfulness as a meaningful resource in family life. Rediscovering playfulness is not about another thing to-do or about acquiring hobbies or becoming more entertaining. It is about encouraging parents to rediscover a part of themselves that supports regulation, connection, flexibility, joy, and relational safety.
Using a trauma-informed and attachment-informed lens, we will explore how play can soften shame and invite greater flexibility, support nervous system regulation, and strengthen the parent-child relationship. Through this lens, play becomes more than an activity. It becomes a pathway for parents to feel more resourced, connected, and emotionally present in family life.
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