As a licensed professional counselor and play therapist working with children ages 3-10, my work focuses on supporting ...

Play looks simple, but it is the engine of childhood learning. Here is how to protect it, fuel it, and feel good about doing ...

Play is more than just fun and games for children. It’s a crucial element of healthy development, shaping their physical, cognitive, social, and emotional well-being. Through play, children explore ...

Children play everywhere. Yet their right to play—protected by a UN convention—is constantly challenged by adults. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. Play is crucial to ...

One of my earliest posts here concerned the definition of play, which I developed further in an article on “Definitions of Play” for Scholarpedia (Gray, 2013) and in my book Free to Learn. I first ...

University of South Australia provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Young children love to play with their mums and dads. But for busy parents, it’s often the last thing they feel like ...

UNICEF Ambassador Laurie Hernandez plays with migrant children in a UNICEF-supported child-friendly space in Panama during a program visit in 2023. When people ask how I became an Olympic gymnast, ...

Child’s Play is among the most enduring horror movie franchises of all time, and one of the longest movie franchises in general. The original film introduced us to Chucky in 1988, with the iconic ...

Over the last 17 years on the front lines of the children’s toy industry, I’ve watched some of the titans of the industry chase sales at the expense of development. Perhaps that’s unsurprising ...

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 ...