[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Whether alone, with parents, with a friend, or in a group, play is an essential part of childhood that’s crucial for the optimal growth of humans at all ages. Play: A Human Right Play is such an important part of child development that the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights recognizes it as a fundamental right every child has. Unfortunately, studies increasingly show many children encounter significant obstacles to ample, age-appropriate playtime. From the exploitative practices of child labor to the traumas of war and domestic violence, our world often fails to make the right to play accessible to…