What Makes Play Fun For Children? Seven Factors Stand Out, Study Says By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, March 30, 2026 (HealthDay News) — What makes it fun for a group of kids to play ...

New research from Aarhus University shows that good play is about how children feel in the moment, not about being well-behaved or learning.

In 2014, police killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice as he played with a toy gun at a Cleveland recreation center. Ma’Khia Bryant was 16 when she was killed by police, also in Ohio. In Orlando, six-year-old ...

If you need good play to have a good childhood, then we need to know what good play looks like. But studies of play often start from an adult perspective, leaving out kids' perspectives. To overcome ...

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SEATTLE — On a bright October morning, two dozen 4- and 5-year-olds were scattered around a classroom at Impact Salish Sea Elementary in south Seattle, enthralled by plastic food, dolls, blocks and ...

For several decades in my clinical practice, I did play therapy with children of all ages, from toddlers to teens. Unlike most play for adults, play for children is naturally therapeutic, making play ...