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 ...

Remember those good old days when you used to run outside every evening to play games with your friends, and came home tired and hungry? Those were the golden days, weren’t they? However, nowadays, ...

Are the kids at your Thanksgiving celebration being too loud? Or, more likely, too quiet—bathed in the glow of an iPhone? Here's a solution: Open the door. Especially if there are cousins around, give ...

We've become a nation of weather wimps. The slightest bit of drizzle and suddenly playdates are cancelled, recess moves ...

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 ...

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 ...

The heatwave baking millions of people across the country has some parents asking this: Is it safe for my kids to play outside? With school out, children are spending more time at home or at summer ...

When I think back about my childhood, I often remember the time that I spent outside. Although my indoor options were not as numerous as today’s indoor options, I do have vivid memories of my time ...

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 ...

For more than 10 years, Chris and Martin Kratt have invited kids on wild and fun creature adventures worldwide on Wild Kratts. But their interest in nature isn’t something they simply learned in a ...

If you’re a parent struggling to get your kids’ off their devices and outdoors to play, here’s another reason to keep trying: Spending at least two hours outside each day is one of the most important ...