The best outdoor toys keep your kids happy playing outside all day. Illustration: Forbes / Photos: Retailers. There are many benefits of outdoor play for children and their development, ...

In a bid to combat excessive screen time and the "scourge of addictive doomscrolling", the government is being urged to take ...

A touchy Park Slope resident wrote a passive-aggressive letter to their neighbor, a mom of two young children, complaining that they were too noisy in the backyard and admonishing the mom to to &#8… ...

My kids and our neighbors' kids play outside every afternoon. Watching them engage in unstructured play reminds me of my childhood in the 90s. They are not only having fun, but also growing and ...

Free-Range Kids. CPS: Mom Can't Let Her 3 Kids—Ages 6, 8, and 9—Play Outside by Themselves Pearisburg, Virginia, social services says kids must be watched—at all times—until they turn 13.

Letting Children Play Outside Is Not Neglect. America can’t be the land of the free if its kids are cooped up inside. It can’t be the home of the brave if kids aren’t allowed to have a few adventures.

Celebrate Thanksgiving by Letting Your Kids Play Outside "Take a moment to appreciate all that they can learn from trying to complete the task on their own," says Yale University's Julia Leonard.

And particularly after the United States and Europe began to industrialize, streets were the primary location for the rising number of urban-dwelling children to play, according to Jon Winder, a ...