Source: Theatrical film release poster Rebel Without a Cause (1955), public domain image courtesy Wikimedia, copyright lapsed, not renewed. There is something worrying about play, and it’s not ...

When the City Museum in St. Louis opened in 1997 at the site of an old shoe warehouse, it was considered an outlier in the world of children’s museums. Built using salvaged materials and featuring a ...

Some young children are virtual shut-ins, rarely leaving their homes to play, a new poll shows. About 1 in 10 preschoolers and toddlers go outside to play once a week or less, the University of ...

For 15 years, I’ve photographed children at play in some of the hardest places on Earth — post-disaster Haiti, Middle Eastern refugee camps, war-scarred regions from Palestine to Bangladesh. Time and ...

On a bright morning at the playground, a little boy teeters at the top of the climbing frame, pride lighting up his face. Just below, his mum hovers, arms half-raised, heart racing. It’s an image most ...

There is something worrying about play, and it’s not conventional worries in view here. This excursion won’t explore the question of whether kids get enough free play—play that is free of adult ...