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Schools With No Playgrounds Teach Kids Not to Play

When we provide our children with no time or space to play, first graders play anyway. By third grade, in some places, they think they know better. Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 10 2014 9:37 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Playgrounds, poverty, Children and Childhood, Education (K-12), Highlights, Louisiana State University
Playgrounds for Kids Who Can’t Run and Jump

Knowing how many ordinary pleasures were cut off from my daughter, I was angry when something as common as swinging through the air on a hot summer day was also unreachable because of broken or missing equipment. Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 07 2014 11:30 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Disabilities, Playgrounds, Americans with Disabilities Act, Highlights
Kids Need More Structured Playtime, Not Less

Kids today, either because they’re continually entertained by digital devices or continually ferried from lesson to practice to playdate, don’t know how to handle unstructured time unless we teach them. Read More...

Published Thu, May 05 2014 10:58 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Exercise, Playgrounds, Children and Childhood, Rosin, Hanna, Paul, Annie Murphy, Brilliant
A Headstand Without a Helmet? The Postal Service Halts ‘Just Move’ Stamps

Why is the Postal Service holding a series of stamps with images of active children? Because some of those active children might get hurt. Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 10 2013 10:54 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Playgrounds, helmets, Children and Childhood, Highlights, Postal Service (US), Health and Human Services Department
Leave Family Playtime Alone

Do parents really need so many prescriptions for how we "should" spend our time with our kids? Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2013 8:42 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Playgrounds, Children and Childhood
Turn Off That TV and Go Outside and Play

Yet more research encouraging us to get our children, and ourselves, outside. Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2013 1:16 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Research, Playgrounds, Parks and Other Recreation Areas
Dad's a Romantic. Preschooler Son? Not So Much.

My 3-year-old son seemed captivated by a girl in the playground, but maybe I was the one who got carried away. Read More...

Published Mon, May 05 2012 1:46 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Fathers, Dads, preschoolers, Playgrounds, Love, Matt Richtel
Quandary Considered: Disciplining a Stranger's Child

Assuming bad enough behavior to merit some form of correction and no parent in sight, most readers said they would intervene. Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 03 2012 9:51 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Discipline, Uncategorized, Playgrounds, parental quandary, other people's children, other people's kids
Parental Quandary: Disciplining a Stranger's Child

How do you handle it when another child is rough with yours in a public space, and no parents appear to intervene? Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 03 2012 8:07 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Discipline, Uncategorized, Playgrounds, parental quandary, other people's children
A Minority Father at the Playground

"Do we really live in a society that is still stuck in the lie that black men cannot be fathers?" Read More...

Published Thu, May 05 2011 10:53 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Race, racism, Playgrounds