BONUS EP (Play, Development, and the Importance of Being Bingo)

<p>It's not often an episode of Gotte Be Done has <a href='https://theconversation.com/bluey-teaches-children-and-parents-alike-about-how-play-supports-creativity-and-other-life-lessons-208650'>required reading</a>... but when there's three developmental scientists putting Bluey under the microscope, then of course we're all diving in! </p> <p>Mary's joined in the wagon by Dr Molly Scott, Research Scientist in Playful Learning at Temple University, Aria Gastón-Panthaki, Research Coordinator for Children's Development at Harvard University, and Doug Piper, PhD candidate in psychology at Georgetown University.</p> <p>The play-hard trio recently penned a research piece, <a href='https://theconversation.com/bluey-teaches-children-and-parents-alike-about-how-play-supports-creativity-and-other-life-lessons-208650'>Bluey teaches children and parents alike about how play supports creativity and other life lessons</a> (lime lessons??), and on the podcast share their own journeys to Bluey, favourite bits of Bluey brain science, and whether Bluey is inspiring a new generation of more thoughtful, playful parents... (spoiler alert, hopefully?!)</p> <p>Thanks team for sharing your brilliant insights, and thanks Bluey for everything you're teaching us! </p> <p>++</p> <p>Gotta Be Done is ex-journos and Adelaide/ Melbourne mums Kate McMahon and Mary Bolling, as we deep-dive every Bluey episode, with plenty of detours into mama life, childhood memories, and everything else we're bingeing, too!</p> <p>Follow us on Insta at <a href='https://www.instagram.com/blueypod/'>@blueypod</a> <a href='https://www.instagram.com/marytbolling/'>@marytbolling</a> <a href='https://www.instagram.com/katejmcmahon/'>@katejmcmahon</a> or on Twitter at <a href='https://twitter.com/blueypodcast'>@blueypodcast</a> - and use #blueypod to join in.</p>