Don’t tell the kids but playing video games is good for their health…OK there’s obviously a ‘but’ coming but researchers at Oxford University have nevertheless put forward a new spin on the whole debate over...Read more
The UK’s Anna Freud Centre for Children and Families has launched a survey designed to bring together valuable insights from nursery staff on the mental health and wellbeing needs of under-fives.Read more
Disruptions to schooling, an impact on mental health and the suppressing of social skills. These are just some of the dramatic effects which COVID-19 has brought on children and young people. Read more
Children are no less affected by the worry and stress the coronavirus crisis can cause than adults. While it is reassuring that the virus rarely makes children physically ill, it can still impact on their...Read more
The worrying trend of closing public playgrounds in the UK poses a real ‘public health issue’, say campaigners.
Addressing a ‘massive decline’ in mainly urban playgrounds across the country, the Association of Play Industries (API) has...Read more
Inside Chicago’s first stand-alone mental health centre for young children, new therapy rooms come stuffed with play kitchens, toy police stations, and cuddly plush toys.
While the children play — sometimes in view of a two-way...Read more
Anxiety about their maths ability affects around a third of young children in the UK, according to researchers.
Maths anxiety is defined as a ‘negative emotional reaction to a mathematical problem’ that can affect all ages,...Read more
Diagnoses of mental disorders and drug prescriptions among school-age children have skyrocketed over the last two decades. The World Health Organisation (WHO) reports that 20 per cent of children experience mental disorders – such as...Read more
