Stuart Brown, M.D. is a medical doctor, psychiatrist, clinical researcher and the founder of the National Institute for Play.  He has spent his career conducting more than six thousand “play histories” of human beings across the spectrum – from serial murderers to Nobel Prize winners. (As any overworked parent can attest to, no surprise that murderers don’t get enough personal play time!) Seriously, Brown’s research has landed him on PBS, the cover of The New York Times Magazine, and the pages of O: The Oprah Magazine.  The man knows his stuff.  And his mission is to shift … [Read more...]