Recent news reports have suggested that adventure playgrounds are under threat from a risk-averse insurance industry? With further investigation, what are the findings? Will adventure playgrounds be shut down? Read more
By the age of eight, the average child will have spent one full year sitting in front of a screen. Watching TV, playing games on laptops and iPads, and spending time on social media has replaced outdoor play. Read more
Do you want to raise your children to enjoy the outdoors? Here are some great tips to raise an outdoors kid. Read more
Park officials in Westminster, Colorado have boosted the use of a trail by hiding rainbow eggs and rainbow poo for visitors to find. How did they make this ongoing event so successful? They created a monster! Read more
The anti-bullying programs utilized at most schools are actually making bullying worse according to this article. There is a fundamentally different approach that works. Read more
Play pioneers Stuart Brown, MD, and Peter Gray, PhD, will come together for the US Play Coalition Conference on the Value of Play, March 31-April 3, to reflect on the last decade of the play movement, and give insights into the future of play. Read more
The Magical Bridge Playground was featured last week in the exhibition ACCESS+ABILITY at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting held in Switzerland. Silicon Valley’s Magical Bridge demonstrates how universal playground design benefits everyone. Read more
Take advantage of this complimentary playground maintenance webinar on January 29 to help you learn to identify and correct potentially hazardous conditions on your playgrounds. Read more
A new study prompted misguided reports suggesting that digital technology is just fine for kids. It isn’t. But it does show the difficulties in interpreting research data to determine specific recommendations regarding youth and screen time. Read more
