The Screen vs. Play Debate: What Science Says About Digital Toys, Educational Apps, and Whether They Actually Work
The app promises to teach your two-year-old to read. It has bright colours, cheerful music, and a rating of four…
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The Building Block Principle: Why Simple Toys Outlast Everything Else and What Science Says About Open-Ended Play
There is a toy in almost every home with young children that cost almost nothing, arrived in a plain box,…
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Outdoor Play Is Not Optional: What Happens to Children Who Spend Too Little Time Outside
There is a statistic that stops me every time I encounter it. Children in the United Kingdom now spend, on…
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The Invisible Toy: Why Storytelling Is the Most Developmentally Powerful Play Your Child Will Ever Do
There is a particular kind of play that costs nothing. Requires no batteries, no setup, no cleanup. Cannot be purchased,…
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What LEGO Is Actually Teaching Your Child (It’s Not What You Think)
There is a particular kind of Saturday morning that many parents of young children know well. The child has been…
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Your Child Is Bored. Good. Here’s Why Boredom Might Be the Most Underrated Tool in Your Parenting Kit.
“I’m bored.” Two words that produce, in most parents, an immediate and almost reflexive response. The reaching for a screen,…
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The Art Supplies Gathering Dust in the Cupboard: Why Children Stop Drawing and What It Costs Them
Watch a three-year-old with a crayon. They draw without hesitation. Without planning. Without any apparent concern for whether it looks…
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Board Games Are the Most Underrated Parenting Tool. Here’s the Science Behind Why.
Friday evenings used to be the hardest part of the week in some of the families I have worked with….
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what can toddlers do in kitchen” ,”cooking with kids by age
She was four years old, standing on a step stool at the kitchen counter, and she had been doing this…
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What Your Child Is Actually Learning When They Play Pretend
I once watched a five-year-old spend an entire afternoon running a hospital. He had recruited three stuffed animals as patients,…
