Footnotes

• X @DrTomRance

• Contributors TR drafted the article, drawing on his experience of clinical paediatrics and his research interests in play. PR and KRH edited and contributed to the formation of the final manuscript. TR is the guarantor.

• Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

• Competing interests None declared.

• Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.