Winter 2014
Parkallen News In this issue… • Snow Festival 2015 • Winter Garden • Classified
Happily Ever After by Noga Liron What if you could get a prescription
that it reminds adults that we could
for something that could elevate your
benefit from vitamin “F” as well.
from childhood of waking up early on
mood, reduce stress, improve physical
Nothing beats those times when my
Saturday mornings and playing with
health, strengthen your immune
kids get me into an uncontrollable
my brothers for hours on end. We
system, enhance relationships, and
giggling fit, with tears rolling down my
would put a blanket down in the
make you feel younger without any
eyes. Our bodies are hard-wired to
family room for a “raft” and then float
side effects... would you take it?
physiologically and emotionally
through the jungle down the Amazon
respond to fun, laughter, and joy by
River while having the coolest adven-
remedy for all of the above that
releasing endorphins, the body’s
tures.
requires no prescription, is readily and
natural “feel-good” chemicals.
As it turns out, there is a natural
inexpensively available, doesn’t taste
Kids have had it right all along. They
Personally, I have great memories
Aside from being pleasurable and entertaining, playing and having fun is
bad, and is as easy to administer as
intuitively know they need Vitamin “F”
good for kids... but don’t tell them
child’s play. Call it Vitamin F for “fun.”
to function well. It comes so naturally
that. What’s especially beneficial is
Have you ever noticed how the
to them that they could play and
that old-school variety of play that’s
sound of children laughing or seeing
have fun all day, or at least until a
designed to stimulate a child’s imagi-
the joy on their faces really strikes a
meal or a nap was required to refuel
nation and use their whole body and
chord within us? One of the reasons is
the fun factory.
not just thumbs and fingers flying over