Modern parents often find themselves in a silent battle against glowing rectangles. While technology offers incredible ...

Physical activity—primarily in the form of active play—promotes young children's physical, mental, emotional and social health. It can also influence how active people will be later in life. It's ...

Western researchers who study activity among young kids have created an online course to help tackle a pervasive problem: ...

RMIT University provides funding as a strategic partner of The Conversation AU. It’s a weeknight, parents rush through the door from work, grab a snack, and then speed off in various directions to ...

In a recent study published in the International Journal of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity, a group of researchers examined the longitudinal effects of changes in dog ownership on ...

Susie Allison is a former teacher and mom of three. She is the creator of Busy Toddler and author of Busy Toddler's Guide to Actual Parenting: From the First "No" to Their First Day of School (and ...

As far as physical activity goes, American kids are mostly C and D students. And “everything is graded on a curve,” says Jordan Carlson, a professor of pediatrics at Children's Mercy Hospital in ...

Topline: Children’s physical activity worldwide dropped by 20% over the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a JAMA Pediatrics study released Monday – a “developmental turning point,” researchers say, and ...

Gerry Redmond receives funding from the Australian Research Council (Grant no. DP190100247) and the Australian Government Department of Health. Alexander William O'Donnell does not work for, consult, ...