Want successful kids? Let them play.
29 December 2017
Overprotective parenting is destroying kids’ chances at success in life. Lenore Skenazy has…
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Freedom to Play – Changing the Conversation
21 December 2017
In a recent survey, carried out in the context of Scotland’s Play Strategy,…
Read more »Turning childhood into a mental illness
21 December 2017
Since I started studying childhood and parenting a few years back, I have…
Read more »The childhood gift we always wanted – would it change our lives today?
20 December 2017
As a child you are mostly powerless, but a letter to Father Christmas…
Read more »8 Reasons Why Kids Should Play Outside In Winter
19 December 2017
Children who spend time outdoors tend to run around more, as well as…
Read more »The Language of Play ~ Empowering Words for a Creative World
14 December 2017
Imagine you are having a team meeting to introduce a new project. Your…
Read more »Cut out smoking at playgrounds and school gates, says Children’s Commissioner Bruce Adamson as he backs Ash Scotland charter
12 December 2017
SCOTLAND’S children’s commissioner has backed calls for councils to discourage smoking in areas…
Read more »Can the return of wet play stop our kids obsession with screens?
12 December 2017
As any parent can attest, the battle to prise children away from the…
Read more »‘Lost words’ as children stay indoors, BBC News
6 December 2017
Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris spoke to BBC Newsnight about their book The…
Read more »11 barriers that prevent kids from playing outside
4 December 2017
The Wild Network compiled the following list in hopes that we can overcome…
Read more »Rail company bans device targeting youths
30 November 2017
The main train operating company in Scotland has banned the use of controversial…
Read more »One in five children in Scotland lives in poverty
30 November 2017
One fifth of children in Scotland live in families that are in poverty…
Read more »Parents now spend twice as much time with their children as 50 years ago, The Economist
30 November 2017
Parents these days spend a lot more time with their offspring, or at…
Read more »What Happens to Creativity as We Age?
24 November 2017
One day not long ago, Augie, a 4-year-old Gopnik grandchild, heard his grandfather…
Read more »Little Miss Inventor joins Mr Men and Little Miss line-up
24 November 2017
A new character is joining the Mr Men and Little Miss series –…
Read more »10-year-old children now so fat they need hip replacements, figures show
24 November 2017
Surgeons are performing hip replacements on children as young as ten because of…
Read more »Scottish government crackdown on unhealthy food offers, BBC News
27 October 2017
The promotion of food and drink high in fat, sugar and salt is…
Read more »SNP plan to tackle Scotland’s obesity crisis by restricting supermarket offers and restaurant meal sizes
27 October 2017
Supermarket price promotions on junk food are to be restricted and restaurant meal…
Read more »Free play and children’s mental health, Dr David Whitebread
27 October 2017
The growing crisis in children’s mental health in the UK is widely recognised….
Read more »Time to get creative beyond the early years, Holyrood Magazine
27 October 2017
“We are not saying children have to eat soil,” Henry Mathias of the…
Read more »Researchers look at environments in early years sector
27 October 2017
A new initiative in Norway will research the knowledge and tools needed to improve…
Read more »What’s a conker? Experts call for children to reconnect with traditional outdoor games
18 October 2017
Play experts are calling for all parents, schools and decision makers to join…
Read more »In the modern city it is hard for children to find a place to play
12 October 2017
It has never been harder for children and young people in the modern…
Read more »Outdoor play boosts children’s performance in class, says new study
12 October 2017
A new study from Norway has found clear associations between the extent of…
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