Sir Harry Burns to step down as chief medical officer
24 January 2014
Scotland’s top doctor is quitting his post to concentrate on fighting health inequalities,…
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Rickets soar as children stay indoors: Number diagnosed with disease quadruples in last ten years
22 January 2014
The number of children suffering from rickets – once associated with Victorian poverty…
Read more »Aiming to give children the best start in life, The Scotsman
22 January 2014
We need to divert resources to the most needy, says Sandy Riddell The…
Read more »Play Scotland Annual General Meeting
15 January 2014
Play Scotland AGM will take place on 5 February in Glasgow.Full details please…
Read more »Schoolchildren compensation claims for playground injuries running into millions, with thousands paid out for falling over or getting hit by a ball
14 January 2014
More than £3.3million in taxpayer’s cash has been handed out to parents of…
Read more »Give childhood back to children: if we want our offspring to have happy, productive and moral lives, we must allow more time for play, not less
13 January 2014
Because students spend nearly all of their time studying, they have little opportunity…
Read more »Cyberbullying ‘on rise’ – Childline, BBC News
8 January 2014
The charity Childline says it has seen a large increase in the number…
Read more »Thoughts on the Play Strategy Action Plan by Megan from Rain-shine
7 January 2014
Play Strategies and Play Action Plans are government sponsored initiatives designed to encourage…
Read more »Ban smacking, children’s tsar urges, BBC News
6 January 2014
Parents should be banned from smacking children, the Children’s Commissioner for England, Maggie…
Read more »Lack of children’s exercise policy is ‘child neglect’, BBC
11 December 2013
Lack of a proper national policy to get UK children to do more…
Read more »Bored Kids? Follow Play Scotland on Pinterest
10 December 2013
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Read more »Instead of buying your child a boring old iPad for Christmas, get them a stick
2 December 2013
With sales of tablets, smartphones and gadgets predicted to soar this Christmas, many…
Read more »Playing with touch-screen devices means youngsters are struggling to learn basic motor skills
2 December 2013
Toddlers these days are barely out of nappies before they are playing with…
Read more »Survey on Play … please complete
25 November 2013
Play Scotland is asking everyone involved in play in Scotland to complete a…
Read more »Many children ‘slower runners than their parents were’
21 November 2013
Many children cannot run as fast as their parents could when they were…
Read more »Toddlers who use tablets or smartphones may develop long-term problems with their hands and fingers, experts warn
19 November 2013
Parents who let their toddlers play with iPads could be damaging their hands…
Read more »Wish your kids weren’t screen addict zombies? Try teaching them to eat worms instead
14 November 2013
On average, British children spend 4.5 hours a day glued to screens Inactivity…
Read more »The danger posed by technology in your child’s room: TVs, games consoles and mobile phones by the bed ‘make youngsters lose sleep and perform worse at school’
14 November 2013
Children with televisions, games consoles and mobile phones in their bedrooms suffer anxiety…
Read more »The spaces where we played are lost to today’s children
6 November 2013
Rickets is on the rise, but let’s not consider it a Victorian throwback,…
Read more »Swedish children complain their parents spend too long on phones
6 November 2013
Doctors warn offspring may be suffering emotional damage, as one in five parents…
Read more »ADHD diagnosis may have become too broad causing ‘needless and harmful’ treatment for children
6 November 2013
The diagnosis of ADHD may have become too broad, leading to needless and…
Read more »Are children given too many toys? BBC News
6 November 2013
Retailers are starting to gear up to sell the latest generation of Christmas…
Read more »Playing and learning Blog from Judith Hackitt, Chair HSE
5 November 2013
This week I had the pleasure of attending the House of Commons to…
Read more »Why Children Should be Playing Outside this Winter
5 November 2013
Today’s children are growing up in a ‘technology’ age, where two year olds…
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