A new bill introduced in Congress takes aim at private equity's involvement in youth sports. Here's what it means for ...

How we can better understand what our sons and daughters are going through with sports, and why some kids aren't participating. It's never too late.

In 2014, police killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice as he played with a toy gun at a Cleveland recreation center. Ma’Khia Bryant was 16 when she was killed by police, also in Ohio. In Orlando, six-year-old ...

Children learn more through ‘guided play’ than from teacher-led instruction, according to a new study by experts at Cambridge University. A play-focused approach to learning, where children are ...

Playtime isn’t just all fun and games. Kids learn important developmental and social skills through playing with others and by themselves. Associative play is one of the six stages of play — a ...

Editor's note: This is part one of a two-part series. Read part two here. Please note that this story includes mentions of suicide. Sometimes, Dennis Lim’s street is a little too quiet. Growing up in ...

In the United States, children spend, on average, 6 and a half hours a day in school, or about 32.5 hours per week. Therefore, school time is the dominant activity in a child’s day, at least for 180 ...

Are you looking for somewhere to take your kids to play on bad weather days? Here are five indoor playgrounds in the Triangle to take your kids for fun. Little Doodles has become my go-to spot to ...

The youngest members of the England Amputee Football Association are fundraising to send the mens' team to the World Cup, ...

American educator Henry Barnard drew up plans for a playground as early as 1848. It featured rotary swings, blocks, toy carts ...