smart toys
Are smart toys your child’s best friend or a creepy surveillance tool? Smart toys can help with learning but pose risks if they are not designed to protect children’s data and safety. Read more
Body Awareness
Body awareness is the knowledge of a person’s body parts along with the knowledge of what the parts can do and how to make the parts move. Body awareness helps people orient their bodies to their surrounding environment and helps them navigate through that space.
protect a forested sanctuary
Dallas secures 82 acres for a new park in the heart of southern Dallas that will protect a forested sanctuary whose future was long in danger of being swallowed into the highly developed urban area that surrounds it. Read more
take online safety seriously
In a recent study 40 percent of kids in grades 4-8 reported that they connected or chatted online with a stranger. Here’s how to help get kids to take online safety seriously. Read more
Virtual Reality
The power of Virtual Reality is being highlighted by children’s campaigners as a way to help people see cities from a toddler’s height – and show how urban design ideas can truly benefit vulnerable children. Read more
children’s digital rights
New legal guidance issued by the United Nations’ human rights arm sets out how countries should protect children’s digital rights. Read more
lifeline of after-school programs
The pandemic is hurting middle schoolers, who need the lifeline of after-school programs more than ever before. Read more
safe summer camp experience
A direct result of the summer camp industry's focus on developing leading-edge child safety standards from the earliest days of the pandemic led to a safe summer camp experience in 2020. Read more
Monty Christiansen
Monty Christiansen has been concerned about children's safety as a designer of playgrounds, a Certified Playground Safety Inspector, professor, author, and active member in numerous professional associations.
virtual play ideas
These virtual play ideas hit the mark! Virtual field trips, karaoke, music instrument lessons, art lessons, science projects, and more will keep kids interested and involved. Read more
