Fun isn't frivolous — it might be the missing ingredient to a healthier life. Science journalist and author Catherine Price ...

Are we having fun yet? For some of us, fun is, well, not that fun, you know. What is it that Jack Torrance in "The Shining" said? All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. And maybe we take fun too ...

Ms. Bennett is a contributing editor in Opinion who writes on gender, politics and culture. I did something called survival camp as a teenager, an entirely voluntary activity, ostensibly for fun.

NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with Catherine Price, author of The Power of Fun, about why it can be so difficult for adults to have fun and how people can find ways to incorporate fun into their life.