THE UNSAFE CHILD: Less Outdoor Play is Causing More Harm than Good
12 May 2015
The third grade classroom that was visiting our nature center for the day…
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Training for Trainers in an Introduction to Playwork Course
8 May 2015
Please see training information below. Play Scotland have been asked by Playwork Partnerships…
Read more »Revealed: How a QUARTER of British children are overweight by age of three
7 May 2015
Almost a quarter of British children are already overweight by the age of…
Read more »The cognitive benefits of play: Effects on the learning brain
6 May 2015
Interesting blog – click here Science supports many of our intuitions about the benefits of…
Read more »Philip Pullman: children need the freedom to take risks
5 May 2015
The pressure on children to succeed in exams is an awful imprisonment and…
Read more »Play comes first for today’s dads: Fathers now spend average of 6.5 hours a week having fun with their children
5 May 2015
Modern fathers spend an average of six-and-a-half hours a week playing with their…
Read more »Parents have duty to play with children, says Hunt, BBC News
5 May 2015
Children are arriving at school unable to speak properly because parents are not…
Read more »Britain’s shameful record over Type 1 diabetes… for children: UK has one of the worst rates of the disease in Europe
28 April 2015
Teenagers and young adults are more likely to die from diabetes in the…
Read more »Playing outside can save your child’s eyesight: Not enough time spent outdoors is creating an ‘epidemic’ of eye conditions
28 April 2015
Hours glued to TV screens and electronic devices and not enough time spent…
Read more »Just ONE hour of TV a day doubles the risk of a child becoming overweight or obese
28 April 2015
Children who watch even one hour of TV a day have a significantly…
Read more »‘Two phases’ of childhood obesity suggested, BBC News
28 April 2015
There may be two distinct child obesity epidemics – one among infants and…
Read more »Sedentary life to blame for rise in back pain among young people
13 April 2015
The sedentary lifestyle of Britons is contributing to a rise in the number…
Read more »Why should children play outside?
13 April 2015
Exploring outdoors Did you know that as well as learning about nature, children…
Read more »When Parents Invade Childhood
10 April 2015
Trust is essential to raising capable, happy, self-confident children. Full blog
Read more »Bring Back the Lost Art of Tinkering
2 April 2015
In March, a Manhattan mother, Nicole Imprescia, sued her 4-year old daughter’s private…
Read more »Children are deprived of mud, fun and sandcastles
1 April 2015
A generation of children are spending less than half the time playing outdoors…
Read more »The rise of WEIGHT blindness: A third of parents underestimate their child’s weight – and just 1% realise they’re obese
30 March 2015
Many parents are afflicted by ‘weight-blindness’, unable to recognise their child is overweight…
Read more »When a Little Girl at the Pool Realized My Son Has Autism
30 March 2015
EMTs, firefighters and police officers all have something in common. When crisis arrives…
Read more »MSPs back ban on smoking in cars with children
26 March 2015
Plans to change the law to ban smoking in cars when children are…
Read more »UK Play Policy Forum launches ‘4 Asks for Play’
19 March 2015
NATIONAL CHILDREN’S BODY CALLS FOR ALL POLITICAL PARTIES TO INVEST IN COST-EFFECTIVE SUPPORT…
Read more »Why being a couch potato can give you asthma and dishwashers can cause allergies… The everyday habits that are jeopardising your health
17 March 2015
There seems little doubt that allergies are increasingly common. And now scientists are…
Read more »Are you a SHARENT? Researchers warn doting parents can cause privacy problems by oversharing their child’s pictures online
17 March 2015
Every new parent is desperate to share pictures of their offspring online. However,…
Read more »Inactive children ‘become middle-aged couch potatoes’
17 March 2015
Children who lead inactive lives are likely to grow up to become middle-aged…
Read more »Child health should be election issue, say doctors
3 March 2015
Measures to protect children’s health should be put at the forefront of the…
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