"This has presented a whole new problem that many teachers, like myself, aren't sure how to navigate..." View Entire Post › ...

A new local program called Play Now Kids is helping Central Oregon children ages 8 to 12 recover from pandemic setbacks ...

Arley Herrema's video of her and her daughter's reaction sparked online debate of an entirely unexpected kind.

Martina Panchetti wrote a noise complaint to the family living next door to her asking them to avoid playing piano early in the morning. She shared the kids' response in a now-viral video on TikTok.

Streets used to be full of kids playing. Can those spaces be reclaimed? As neighborhoods experiment with play streets, grownups can reconsider modern parenting, Stephanie Murray wrote in The Atlantic.

On the one hand, kids can now play video games with people all around the world. ... We just have to create safe, inviting spaces, and then get out of kids’ way so they can do what they do best.

It’s the middle of this spectrum, where children experience “guided play” with a learning goal in mind, that has perhaps the most potential for young children, she added. For instance, to teach ...

“It’s so great to see the kids outside, but these people they push it from 10 to now 30 people, next it will be 40. Then it’ll be more tents, more whistles, I’m worried about what our ...