Dr Jerome Singer
ROLE: Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, Yale University, USA
EXPERTISE: The psychology of imagination and daydreaming, children’s play, personality
SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES WRITTEN: 280
BOOKS WRITTEN: 29, including The House of Make-Believe and Imagination and Play in the Electronic Age (both written with Dorothy).
Dr Dorothy Singer
ROLE: Senior Research Scientist, Department of Psychology, Yale University, USA
EXPERTISE: Early Childhood development, parent training in imaginative play, and the effects of TV on children's development
SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES WRITTEN: 150
BOOKS: 20, including Make-believe Games and Activities for Imaginative Play (written with Jerome) and Play=Learning
Jerome and Dorothy have been married for 58 years and have three children and four grandchildren. They live in Woodbridge, Connecticut.
Why did you get involved with Surf Excel's ‘Every Child has the right...’ report?
"It’s the first piece of research of its size. No-one has ever interviewed as many as 1,500 mothers from 10 countries before. We knew immediately we wanted to be part of it."
Jerome
Did any of the results surprise you?
"We were amazed by the degree of agreement between mums from countries that are culturally so different. From Sao Paolo to Shanghai, mums’ concerns about their children were almost identical. It proves this really is a global issue."
Dorothy