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Free play is essential for children’s development and for their physical, mental, and social health. Opportunities to engage in outdoor free play—and risky play in particular—have declined significantly in recent years, in part because safety measures have sought to prevent all play-related injuries rather than focusing on serious and fatal injuries. Risky play is defined by thrilling and exciting forms of free play that involve uncertainty of outcome and a possibility of physical injury. Proponents of…

We polled a range of health and fitness industry experts for their predictions on what to expect in the coming year.

A lack of unstructured and unsupervised play is causing mental health issues for kids, a leading child psychologist and respected psychiatrist have argued.

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Unorganized sports and the benefits that come with them are decreasing among youth athletes. Find out why and how those pickup games...