Spin and Better Block Foundation are calling on designers, urbanists and anyone who cares about safe and livable streets, to...A design competition that’s putting a new spin on parking
Air pollution has a particularly damaging effect on children. They’re still growing and breathe faster than adults do. They also...Schoolchildren helped redesign a city to cut air pollution and climate warming
A lengthy study from Unicef argues children get a better start in life and parents are more able to find...What family-friendly policies mean for children
Is Indiana using the best method for counting children living in poverty?
Indiana lawmakers are once again considering cuts to the funding that schools receive for students in poverty, saying the number of families in need has been declining as the state’s economy heats up. The federal...Read more
Designing for wellbeing in children’s hospitals
New research sets out guidelines for architects and designers to create supportive, positive hospital spaces for children and their families at a difficult time. “I like the window because it’s bright and sunny and it...Read more
What should we teach children about online privacy, and how?
As children use more online services, concern has been growing about the increasing amounts of data that they share with tech companies, as evidenced by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office’s efforts to create a code of...Read more
How play is changing our relationship with inclusion
Every person has some relationship to inclusion, and there are as many definitions of the concept as there are ways in which to provide it. Your organization may have extensive diversity and inclusion policies in...Read more
Early years funding crisis in England affecting the poorest children
In England, new research reveals how the poorest children are being negatively affected by an early years funding shortfall. The study found almost one in five childcare providers (17%) in the most deprived areas of...Read more
From obesity to allergies, outdoor play is the best medicine for children
What if there was a simple, inexpensive and fun way to address some of the major challenges facing humanity today. What if it could help improve children’s health, development and well-being? Imagine a solution that...Read more
Air pollution could be measured on every street corner
Air pollution is responsible for 550,000 premature deaths a year in Europe – and 7 million worldwide, according to the WHO. Measuring it can be a challenge, however, as the equipment tends to be large...Read more
Call for papers: Child poverty in western cities
Submit your paper for the Child in the City International Seminar: Child poverty in western cities. The two-day seminar will be held in Leeds, UK on the 21st and 22nd of November 2019. Child poverty in...Read more
Helping ‘impatient’ students stay in school
Keeping young people in school is a key element in addressing inequality. Completing school is a minimum requirement for many jobs, as well as necessary for getting access to most types of training and university...Read more
Forest schools: how climbing trees and making dens can help children develop resilience
Despite all the research that tells parents how good it is for their children to spend time playing outside, they are spending more time indoors than ever before. It seems that concerns about the dangers...Read more
Project MAPEA at the CitC International seminar in Antwerp
As a visual artist it was something of a novelty to be attending an academic seminar broadly designed for architects, urban planners and other professionals from this area. But since our mapping project began in...Read more