My husband and I grew up playing outdoors unsupervised and wanted the same for our kids. We've worked with other parents in our neighborhood to create the same environment where we live. It's taken ...

On August 1, 1966, the day psychiatrist Stuart Brown started his assistant professorship at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, 25-year-old Charles Whitman climbed to the top of the University ...

Pablo Neruda once wrote, “A child who does not play is not a child.” More and more, parents are conscious of the downsides of a generation that’s allowed too little time to play. And pediatricians are ...

Your child is standing on the sidelines, watching the other kids play. Seems like they’re just looking on, right? Wrong. Onlooker play is an important developmental stage. It’s not just child’s play — ...

Most kids want to climb everything — couches, chairs, and kitchen counters included. Climbers are toys and structures actually meant for that. “Climbing toys are huge for development,” says Keri ...