If you reflect on your childhood, your most cherished memories probably revolve around play. Whether it’s running on the playground with friends, singing and dancing, or climbing a tree, playtime is ...

Watching your children frolic in a playground is one of the many joys of being a parent or grandparent, but new research has found that engaging in play with kids could help improve mental health.

“Play is what makes kids, kids. It’s what they do,” says Allison Gopnik, human play researcher and psychology professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Yet each decade, society has ...

This content is sponsored by the Entertainment Software Association. Traditionally, video games may have been viewed as something for kids as a way to pass the time and have a little fun, but that ...

Play is how young children make sense of the world. Whether with dolls, blocks, trains, or playdough, children use play to explore, experiment, and learn. In early childhood, it is essential that ...

Children spend a huge portion of their childhoods playing. And rightly so. According to the National Institute for Play (NIP), “Play is essential to how humans and other species develop, function, and ...

Over the past decade, competitive gaming has grown exponentially. Will the upward trajectory continue? We look at the challenges that leagues, teams and players will face in the coming years. Over the ...