What once was an injury that affected major league players is now an injury visited on the young, thanks to early and intensive sports specialization. And the so-called "Tommy John" surgery to correct it is not a minor thing, says the man for whom it was named: At one time, he was singularly honored to
To parents worried about their kids' future (which is most of us), the word "play" can sound like the opposite of "learning." Tip the scales from academic instruction to play? The kids fall behind! But recently the American Academy of Pediatrics released a blockbuster report with this headline: WANT CREATIVE, CURIOUS, HEALTHIER CHILDREN WITH 21ST
Columnist Karol Markowicz at The New York Post has discovered a species going extinct: The 8-Year-Old Unshackled Park Goer. . Sure she sees kiddies at the park. But, she writes: Lately I’ve noticed that the child population of the park abruptly cuts off at a certain age. My 2-year-old will saddle up to the other
Below are the rules at a public school in Australia. Kids being dropped off (or perhaps even arriving on their own two legs) half an hour or so early have these new requirements: Following feedback from parents (who were unable to supervise their children due to work travel commitments), we introduced supervised care of students
The Patchogue-Medford School District on Long Island is piloting the Let Grow Free Play Club -- and boy are they having fun! The principals, that is. Oh, and so are the kids. They meet before school for mixed-age free play. The adults don't organize the games or wade in. And as Patch.com reports, the administrators can't
The TES, once known as the Times Educational Supplement, is Britain's premier education magazine/website, with close to 8 million readers. Today they're learning about the Let Grow Project and After School Free Play initiatives of Let Grow. The article (mostly an interview with me) points out how the Let Grow Project is different from other efforts to