Marky Sparky is a small business crafting games you and your kid can play outside. Promising review: "Our 5-year-old son ...

Acacia Dearmore, an autistic 8-year-old, was the inspiration for her mother, Heather, opening Colors of the Alphabet indoor sensory playground in North Richland Hills. Courtesy of Heather Dearmore The ...

A huge indoor playground is coming to one of New Jersey’s largest shopping centers. Kids Empire, a national chain of indoor play spaces, is set to open at the Freehold Raceway Mall in Monmouth County ...

Taking a trip to the pub is an easy way to get the family together to catch up over a meal and a few drinks. However, it can be hard to keep the whole family pleased if you have children who might get ...

Editor’s note: A previous version of this story reported Capabilities as “facing closure.” The business wants to reiterate they are NOT closing, but with rising costs, they are asking for additional ...

'Feral child summer’ isn't just a social media catchphrase. Here’s how unstructured outdoor play builds stronger brains and lasting ties to nature. Free play in wild spaces challenges children to take ...

Historically, the concept of childhood as we know it today simply didn't exist and, until the Middle Ages, children were viewed as miniature adults. According to historian Philippe Ariès, it was only ...

Parenting expectations are often unreasonably high—and so is the number of people who believe that kids can't handle anything on their own. Passersby too often see an unsupervised child and assume ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. One common explanation for why children spend so much of their free ...

Children playing with the set can get caught on a hook of the toy kitchen and asphyxiate themselves, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said. By Rylee Kirk About 192,000 children’s play ...

Nearly 200,000 kids play kitchens have been recalled for a strangulation hazard after a child died while playing with one. On July 31, Backyard Kids issued a recall of about 192,000 KidKraft Farm to ...