Children Must Engage in Active Play for Optimal Brain Function
1 October 2014
Children must engage in active play for optimal brain function. Physical activity sharpens…
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Children miss out on crucial messy play because parents are ‘too busy’ to clean up
1 October 2014
Nearly two-thirds of mothers and fathers admit they discourage their offspring from baking…
Read more »Children Who Never Play
25 September 2014
Students in my history of architecture course are amused to discover that the…
Read more »Risk needed in children’s play to teach them to cope with the unpredictable
25 September 2014
new study from the University of Montreal in Canada, looked at how children…
Read more »Are we babying our kids? Can riskier playgrounds make healthier adults?
24 September 2014
Kellan Mogil climbed, barefoot, up a wood plank that was haphazardly perched on…
Read more »Limit TV to help fight obesity, says NICE, BBC News
23 September 2014
Adults and children should consider having TV-free days or limiting viewing to no…
Read more »Dear Mom on the iPhone: You’re Doing Fine
9 September 2014
Dear Mom in the iPhone, I see you at the park with your…
Read more »Applications sought from Scottish Charities passionate about play
8 September 2014
Inspiring Scotland invites Scottish charities to apply to the Play Strategy Fund. The…
Read more »Kids And Screen Time: What Does The Research Say?
5 September 2014
Kids are spending more time than ever in front of screens, and it…
Read more »Children spend 50% more time on school drive than in their parents’ day
4 September 2014
Schoolchildren are spending almost 50% more time inside a car on the morning…
Read more »Play Doesn’t End With Childhood: Why Adults Need Recess Too
4 September 2014
More and more research suggests that healthy playtime leads to healthy adulthood. Childhood…
Read more »Rickets returns as poor families find healthy diets unaffordable. The Guardian
1 September 2014
Poverty is forcing people to have dangerously poor diets and is leading to…
Read more »Pocket money goes digital for today’s kids
1 September 2014
Today’s eight to 15 year olds admit to spending almost all of their…
Read more »Your child’s phone and tablet could be harming their eyes, expert warns. Daily Telegraph
1 September 2014
Children who use smart phones and tablets are at risk of potential irreversible…
Read more »Parents set bad example by staying glued to smartphones, The Independent
1 September 2014
Parents who worry about their children constantly staring at their smartphones should set…
Read more »Scientists Claim Time On The Playground Is More Beneficial Than Time In The Classroom
28 August 2014
A new study shows that when it comes to a child’s brain development,…
Read more »Homemade play dough has enough salt to poison child, parents warned. The Scotsman
28 August 2014
Parents have been warned that home-made play dough can contain enough salt to…
Read more »Ofcom: six-year-olds understand digital technology better than adults. Guardian
7 August 2014
Children, growing up with YouTube, Netflix and Spotify, learning to use smartphones or…
Read more »Don’t lengthen the school day – all work and no play harms students
7 August 2014
Recently, I was speaking at a national conference about careers advice. The questioning…
Read more »Play ‘integral’ to childhood development, The Telegraph
6 August 2014
As George Bernard Shaw said: “We don’t stop playing because we grow old,…
Read more »Play ‘boosts children’s development and happiness’, BBC News
6 August 2014
Play helps boost children’s language development, problem solving, risk management and independent learning…
Read more »The Kid Connection: The Key to Better Health and Aging
5 August 2014
Older adults are healthier when they have kids in their lives. Dostoyevsky told…
Read more »How much independence should children have?
4 August 2014
It is the same story every summer. Surveys are issued and articles are…
Read more »Childhood obesity progress is only a ‘drop in the ocean’, TES
4 August 2014
More than 16,000 overweight or obese children have taken part in a government…
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