What happens when you put toddlers in a forest to climb trees and use knives
15 January 2018
“I was just bowled over and frightened by some of the things that…
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Tes talks to… Lenore Skenazy
15 January 2018
The founder of the Free Range Kids movement tells Sarah Cunnane why she…
Read more »BBC launches site promoting digital skills for children
9 January 2018
The new site Own It provides questions, answers and tools to help children…
Read more »The Right Brain Develops First ~ Why Play is the Foundation for Academic Learning
5 January 2018
Did you know that the right brain develops first? It does so by the time…
Read more »Doing Something Creative Can Boost Your Well-Being
5 January 2018
A study suggests that small acts of creativity in everyday life increase our…
Read more »Want successful kids? Let them play.
29 December 2017
Overprotective parenting is destroying kids’ chances at success in life. Lenore Skenazy has…
Read more »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 »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 »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 »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 »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 »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…
Read more »Don’t tell my kid to stop going up the slide!
2 October 2017
You know when your kids are running around, getting fresh air, and all is going…
Read more »School grounds alliance adopts play sector approach to risk
2 October 2017
The International School Grounds Alliance (ISGA) has published a statement on the assessment…
Read more »Why kids should go barefoot more (and probably adults, too)
28 September 2017
During an unseasonably warm day this past winter, my husband and I walked…
Read more »We’d all benefit from encouraging children to go outside and take risks
28 September 2017
Stop popping the balloons. Forget the dew on the grass. Bring back the…
Read more »Shed those shoes: Being barefoot benefits brain development and more!
26 September 2017
It drove my mother crazy when I went barefoot as a kid. Still…
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