As spring blooms and the days turn longer, warmer, and more pleasant, I am excited to spend more time outside. I am also anxious to encourage my children to do so as well. I know that playing outdoors ...

Remember those good old days when you used to run outside every evening to play games with your friends, and came home tired and hungry? Those were the golden days, weren’t they? However, nowadays, ...

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 ...

When I was little, I used to throw my backpack inside as soon as I got home from school and run outside to play. Playing meant building fairy houses, jumping on my neighbor’s trampoline and practicing ...

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 ...

When my kids tumble into the car after an afternoon spent outside with muddy knees, tangled hair and stories about the worms they found or the forts they built, they are lit up. They are calm. They ...

Some kids have a way to twist your words to get what they want. This babysitter told the kid she was babysitting that it was time to play outside, so he found a way to still play his video games while ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — National Play Outside Day is a monthly event celebrated on the first Saturday of every month. For July, it will be Saturday, July 6. It’s a day that encourages people of all ages to ...

In 2020 and 2021, to avoid the spread of the covid-19 virus, we had to stay at home as much as possible. This home-away-from-home period had an effect on us in the years that followed. Going outside ...

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 ...