A new study has uncovered the ways different types of play are linked to children's social abilities and brain activity. The ...

The popular gaming platform Roblox is facing a growing number of lawsuits from families across the country who say the company has failed to protect children from sexual predators who use the platform ...

Despite the well-known benefits for children’s physical and emotional health, one in 10 parents of toddlers and preschoolers say that their child plays outside just once a week—or less. This is the ...

One of my daughters loves tennis; she’s always scanning our neighborhood parks for a brick wall she can volley against without accidentally pelting other kids with balls. She does this even though we ...

The recalled play kitchen sets were sold from 2018 until 2025. Approximately 192,000 KidKraft Farm to Table Model Play Kitchen sets are being recalled following one reported death. KidKraft via ...

Before kids were decked out in fancy Little League uniforms, stickball was the game of the streets. All you needed was a stick, a ball, and a good stretch of sidewalk — or better yet, an alley that ...

Michael Martin does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

There was a time when children begged their parents to let them play an organized sport. Today, it seems as if much of this has changed. Parents routinely sign their children up to play a sport ...

At least once a month, someone asks Kathryn Keough, a clinical psychologist at the mental-health nonprofit Child Mind Institute, if their child is in trouble. An expert on juvenile trauma and distress ...