Children no longer play freely in driveways, on their streets or in urban parks and courtyards. In many places, children's freedom to roam has been diminishing for generations, but the pandemic ...

Outdoor play helps children learn skills, develop physical strength, and benefits mental well-being. Time outdoors can also provide an opportunity to make friends.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with research professor Peter Gray about the connection between the decline of children's mental health and the decline of independent play.

It found that children in Key Stage 1 – aged four/five to seven – enjoyed 23 minutes less break time per day on average compared to their peers in 1995. In total, time spent playing outdoors has ...

Google Play's new feature lets children send a "purchase request" to the manager of the family account when there's no preset payment method.

But his findings come with a caveat: Although hunter-gatherer societies rarely feature adult-child play, this doesn’t mean that children are left to play alone, or that anyone wants them to.

Government urged to ban ‘no ball games’ signs to beat childhood smartphone addiction Urgent action needed to allow children to play outdoors and away from devices, says a report ...

The importance of play has many benefits for children as they grow up. It’s something that they should be doing from a very young age so that they understand and benefit from the value that ...

Suddenly, the modern approach to children’s play, in which parents shuttle their kids to playgrounds or other structured activities, seemed both needlessly extravagant and wholly insufficient.

Play is a communication method for young children, making play therapy very effective. Learn how play therapy works today.

The private sector can fund local play initiatives and support safe zones for children. Civil society must elevate play as a right, not a reward, and amplify children’s voices.

Kareena Kapoor would ask her to play hymns for Taimur Ali Khan and brother Jehangir Ali Khan aka Jeh to maintain ‘positivity’, their former nanny said.