When the City Museum in St. Louis opened in 1997 at the site of an old shoe warehouse, it was considered an outlier in the ...

Fewer American kids are playing sports, and shifting trends are leaving countless kids on the sidelines. The importance of reversing this trend cannot be overstated. Youth sports are not just ...

As any parent of a young child can tell you, “technology has changed the way kids play,” Ruslan Slutsky, an education professor at the University of Toledo who studies play, told me.

He is now a youth sports podcaster and a father to school-aged kids who play organized sports. "Kids don't play pickup games in the backyard anymore,” he told USA TODAY Sports during an October ...

UBC pediatric and injury prevention expert Dr. Mariana Brussoni reveals why risky play is so important for children’s health and development. With school out for another month, summer outdoor ...

“She was totally blissed out.” Suddenly, the modern approach to children’s play, in which parents shuttle their kids to playgrounds or other structured activities, seemed both needlessly ...

Fortunately, more and more designers and publishers are discovering the importance of serving the kids’ market and the last few years have seen a glut of great-looking, fast-playing games.

Playing simple games can improve your child's mood, promote relaxation, and reduce anxiety. Children can also build emotional resilience by learning to cope with losing in video games.

They applied to shut their quarter-mile road to traffic for two hours after school on a June afternoon—not for a party or an ...