A new poll from the University of Michigan finds kids playing outside less could be from parental anxiety. Secret Service finds 17 'skimming' devices in tour of San Antonio businesses Unearthed ...

Some shocking news about kids activity that has doctors worried. Parents admit their toddlers and preschoolers engage in screen time every day, but only play outside once a week. Michigan Medicine ...

After one family’s sunny vacation to the beach was cancelled, they decided to get creative and bring the beach indoors during lockdown. The adorable footage, shot at the Jurista family home in Warren, ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — Kids can be tethered to their phones and video games nowadays, and much of it takes place inside at home. But a Brevard County program aims to get them out the door and to “be ...

When a Florida dad noticed the "Kids-at-Play" sign he put up outside the family home had been flattened, he turned to his Ring security camera for answers. Steve, who asked that his real name be ...

A mother has been sentenced after being accused of leaving her four children alone in “inhumane conditions” outside, Kentucky court documents say. The 35-year-old mom was arrested Aug. 29, 2024, on ...

Tom Phillips, a fugitive father in New Zealand, had “outside help” while hiding his three kids at a campsite, according to police. Phillips and his three children, Jayda, 12, Maverick, 10, and Ember, ...

The days are long gone when kids were allowed to roam freely from house to house and playground to woods to local shops with no parents keeping track of them for whole afternoons. Modern parents keep ...

For plenty of us grown-ups, the time spent running around our neighborhoods or hanging by the playground swings was a highlight of our childhood. Kids today often can’t say the same, though. New ...

'Feral child summer’ isn't just a social media catchphrase. Here’s how unstructured outdoor play builds stronger brains and lasting ties to nature. Free play in wild spaces challenges children to take ...

There are tons of spots to get outside in Groton. According to the town, about 30% of the town’s land is permanently preserved. But not everyone was accessing it the way some passionate about the ...

When my kids tumble into the car after an afternoon spent outside with muddy knees, tangled hair and stories about the worms they found or the forts they built, they are lit up. They are calm. They ...