Kids spend thousands of hours a year in front of screens. I wanted to get my kids outside for at least 1,000 hours a year. As parents, we can set the example by spending as much time outside as we can ...

They are not only having fun, but also growing and learning. In a time when screens dominate children's attention, I couldn't be happier that my kids have found a different way to spend their days — ...

For more than 10 years, Chris and Martin Kratt have invited kids on wild and fun creature adventures worldwide on Wild Kratts. But their interest in nature isn’t something they simply learned in a ...

Stapelstein Stepping Stones are the ultimate gross motor toy that can be used indoors, outdoors, and even in water. They ...

My husband and I grew up playing outdoors unsupervised and wanted the same for our kids. We've worked with other parents in our neighborhood to create the same environment where we live. It's taken ...

When I was a kid, my parents constantly told me to go play outside. I lived in a town where kids knocked on each other’s doors to ask if their friends could “come out and play,” rode their bikes in ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Playing outside is great for children, here's how you get them out there ... For a bunch of preschoolers in suburban Melbourne, Wednesdays are their favourite day. And if it’s raining when they wake ...

It’s not a tough ask to get kids outside when the sun is shining and temperatures are warm. But once wintry weather moves in, parents might need to up their game a bit. “A big temperature change can ...

Hardened athletes and explorers weigh in on how to keep your kids warm. By Elisabeth Kwak-Hefferan [Read live coverage of the nor’easter here.] Every morning, between 9 and 10 a.m., my 3-year-old hits ...

Many parents would probably consider it a good thing if their kids would rather play outside than sit inside staring at screens. That’s the case in today’s story, but a neighbor in the apartment ...

A touchy Park Slope resident is sounding off about kids using their outdoor voices — when “playing outside.” “Parents, please lower your voices when you are playing outside with your children,” the ...