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Why Outdoor Play Is More Important Than Ever

In today’s fast-paced digital world, outdoor play has become more crucial than ever for children’s growth and well-being. Modern lifestyles often encourage screen time over active play, which can ...
WHYY

The importance of free-range play in today’s safety-conscious society

Today, children spend less than 10 minutes a day in unstructured outdoor play — instead logging hours in organized sports or unsupervised screen time. Most 8- to 12-year-olds aren’t allowed to go to a ...
UPI

Poll finds 1 in 10 American kids rarely play outside

Some young children are virtual shut-ins, rarely leaving their homes to play, a new poll shows. About 1 in 10 preschoolers and toddlers go outside to play once a week or less, the University of ...
Newsweek

Poll Reveals How Rarely Young American Children Play Outside

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Despite the well-known benefits for children’s physical and emotional ...

Kids need to play — and how cities are designed and resourced affects their access

Decades of research in child development confirms that young children’s play is linked to positive outcomes in mental health, ...
MLive

1 in 10 kids play outside weekly or less, on screens instead, University of Michigan poll finds

ANN ARBOR, MI — Children are increasingly shunning the outdoors for some screen time. A new national poll on children’s health from the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital finds that ...