Occasionally, for health reasons children must be admitted to a hospital or rest in bed, situations that in addition to being worrying for parents, for children can be uncomfortable or boring.
That's why we liked the great initiative of a father, who He created children's sheets with classic games printed on them, so that children admitted to the hospital or doing bed rest can have fun and feel better emotionally.
Kevin Gatlin is a father from North Carolina, United States, who notices how boring and monotonous hospitals can be for children when they are admitted, He looked for ways to make his stay in them less difficult and more pleasant.
This is how his company Playtime Edventures was born, which specializes in the creation of sets of children's sheets, which they have printed on them designs with classic board games, so that children can have fun while staying in bed for health reasons.
In Babies and more In this hospital, children enter the operating room on wheelsAll sheets are "interactive" as well as some classic board games, include other activities such as word games and other activities with letters and numbers. The idea is that children can spend their stay better in hospitals and can also continue using their imagination.
His idea came a few years ago, when he visited a children's hospital and began to think about what his son's days would be like if for some reason he had to spend a few days in the hospital. He started thinking about some ideas and remembered that at home his wife used to play board games with her son in bed, so hence the idea of printing them on the sheets.
He met with teachers to advise you and recommend what content would be most appropriate to put on the sheets, which in addition to board games, include activities related to math, science, geography and grammar.
Kevin says that although the news that a child should be admitted to a hospital is never pleasant, what we can do is help them make their time in it or by bed rest less difficult and more fun.
Little by little, he has been approaching hospitals and currently in 10 of them they already use the sheets for the patients of the pediatric areas, which can then be taken home, because although they are discharged, many continue their recovery outside the hospital. Even, through its website, the option of donate a set of sheets to a hospital at random or to the hospital of your choice, which has helped to reach more children.
But in addition to using them in hospitals, hundreds of families have bought them for their children, because although the main idea came with hospitalized children in mind, you can also use them at home and encourage screen-free play.
In Babies and more "Teddy Bear Hospital", the project that helps children become familiar with medical procedures Personally, I consider it a very nice initiative because of its purpose, as it tries help children have a better time during those times when their health It needs to be taken care of and they should rest.
