 The new ‘Position Statement on Active Outdoor Play’ uses hard facts to combat hyper-parents’ obsession with keeping kids indoors to keep them safe. Read the full article  here... Read more
It’s official, soil microbes have been found to have similar effects on the brain and are without side effects of anti depressants or the chemical dependency potential. So if you are feeling a bit blue, get digging!... Read more
Neuroscience and related sciences confirm that play, including climbing, builds fitness and bodies and promotes general health across generations. Climbing playground equipment, trees, fences and other objects promotes strength, confidence... Read more
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