Reparenting Through Play Is My New Form of Self-Care

From hula hoops to jump ropes, it’s time to make a playdate for yourself

afrobella
ZORA
Published in
6 min readSep 16, 2020

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Black woman roller skating outside.
Photo: Tasneem Howa/Getty Images

Did your mom play with you? I mean really play, like get on the floor and pretend with dolls or jump rope with you or play hide-and-seek for hours?

It sounds super sad to ask myself that question, or my siblings, and to consider…

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afrobella
ZORA
Writer for

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