Next time your children run out to splash around in the puddle, don’t stop them. Let your kids play in the mud and get dirty outside, even if you are a clean freak. Yes, this will create a mess and ...

Water is one of the least expensive, most readily available supplies for entertaining kids of all ages. You can do a lot with water during the hot months to keep kids amused, even if you don't have a ...

My sons have a lot of energy, and they like to play in the mud. They also get rowdy and often wrestle with each other and their friends. However, I don't mind, as long as everyone is having fun. We ...

Playtime is not only a source of fun for children — it's essential to their development and mental health. Over the past 30 years, researchers have seen a decline in children’s unstructured outdoor ...

Outdoor play helps children learn skills, develop physical strength, and benefits mental well-being. Time outdoors can also provide an opportunity to make friends. Outdoor play comes in many forms. It ...

Parenting expectations are often unreasonably high—and so is the number of people who believe that kids can't handle anything on their own. Passersby too often see an unsupervised child and assume ...

It's the refrain heard on repeat across town now that warm temperatures have arrived and the sunshine is here to stay (for a couple days, at least). I know I've said it to my children, ages 6, 4, and ...

In a time when screens dominate children's attention, I couldn't be happier that my kids have found a different way to spend their days — playing outside with our next-door neighbors nearly every ...

Playing outside is great for children, here's how you get them out there ... For a bunch of preschoolers in suburban Melbourne, Wednesdays are their favourite day. And if it’s raining when they wake ...