Children’s doctors urge national 20mph limit in built-up areas
19 November 2014
The national speed limit in built-up areas should be cut to 20mph to…
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Have We Forgotten How to Play?
19 November 2014
Because of work-related changes in my life, my schedule has changed drastically. I…
Read more »One in three Scottish school pupils has been bullied in the past year
19 November 2014
Nearly one in three pupils at Scottish schools have been bullied in the last…
Read more »6 things we learned about connecting kids with nature
17 November 2014
Why should we help children connect to the natural world? And how can…
Read more »Retro Scotland: 11 old pictures of 80 years of child’s play
17 November 2014
THE summer holidays are well and truly over, and the kids are back…
Read more »Have the Danes cracked childhood obesity? BBC News
14 November 2014
Childhood obesity has become a global epidemic, but it is not easy to…
Read more »New practical tool challenges the cotton wool culture
13 November 2014
New practical tool challenges the cotton wool culture and paves the way for…
Read more »We need to plan better for precious years of childhood
11 November 2014
I can remember how my mother would sigh when we passed the local…
Read more »Quentin Blake: We need more disabled children in picture books
11 November 2014
As he launches his latest book, Sir Quentin Blake says there should be…
Read more »Let the Children Play! – Why Children Should Be Playing Outside This Winter
11 November 2014
The millennials generation are the first to grow up with computer technology at…
Read more »Children ‘prefer to play outdoors than watch TV’
29 October 2014
Children would rather be playing outdoors than watching television, but parents’ concerns keep…
Read more »Play out? Only in the garden: Over-anxious parents are barring children from going into the park or streets because of safety fears
29 October 2014
Most children prefer to play outside rather than watch television but they are…
Read more »One in four British children in poverty – Unicef
29 October 2014
The number of UK children living in poverty has increased to more than…
Read more »Children ‘prefer to play outdoors than watch TV’
29 October 2014
Children would rather be playing outdoors than watching television, but parents’ concerns keep…
Read more »Later sunsets ‘increase children’s activity levels’ BBC
24 October 2014
Moving the clocks forward by one extra hour all year in the UK…
Read more »Cotton wool kids at risk of becoming mentally fragile
22 October 2014
Wrapping kids in cotton wool is creating a generation of “psychologically fragile’’ children,…
Read more »Free-Range Childhood
6 October 2014
When he coined the phrase nature-deficit disorder in his bestselling Last Child in…
Read more »Disabled children’s behaviour ‘deteriorates at school’, BBC News
3 October 2014
The behaviour of children with disabilities and learning difficulties often worsens when they…
Read more »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…
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…
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