It’s spring — a great time for children to play outside, walk to the store or even climb a tree. And three states — Florida, Georgia, and Missouri — have just passed legislation declaring it is not ...

Welsh children want adults to be less grumpy and want for more time for playing outdoors, according to a new survey by Play Wales. The survey coincided with Playday, an annual awareness day ...

In a bid to combat excessive screen time and the "scourge of addictive doomscrolling", the government is being urged to take action to encourage children to play outside more – including the banning ...

Some young children are virtual shut-ins, rarely leaving their homes to play, a new poll shows. About 1 in 10 preschoolers and toddlers go outside to play once a week or less, the University of ...

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Parenting expectations are often unreasonably high—and so is the number of people who believe that kids can't handle anything on their own. Passersby too often see an unsupervised child and assume ...

As some readers of this column may have noticed, I keep gently reminding (or perhaps the word is hectoring) parents to step back to allow children to step up. What, though, if a tot doesn’t WANT to ...

Despite the well-known benefits for children’s physical and emotional health, one in 10 parents of toddlers and preschoolers say that their child plays outside just once a week—or less. This is the ...

At least a third of children with disabilities in the Netherlands never visit a playground in their neighborhood. And of ...