The play deficit Children today are cossetted and pressured in equal measure. Without the freedom to play they will never grow up... Read more
Trees don’t need warning labels. Adults need to relax What people should be more worried about is what kind of children we’re raising when risk is so carefully edited out of their lives... Read more
Are Your Kids Too Clean? Germs vs. Playing Outside In a society where nothing is considered really clean unless it’s been immersed in Clorox, and hand sanitizer is hailed as the greatest thing since sliced bread, it turns out that maybe keeping... Read more
NATURE IS THE ULTIMATE SENSORY EXPERIENCE: A Pediatric Occupational Therapist Makes the Case for Nature Therapy More and more children are presenting with sensory issues these days. They are not moving like they did in years past. It is rare to... Read more
Cotton wool kids at risk of becoming mentally fragile WRAPPING kids in cotton wool is creating a generation of “psychologically fragile’’ children, according to Kidsafe ... Read more