Over the past decade — and especially since the COVID-19 pandemic — participation in organized youth sports has been steadily declining. Experts cite numerous reasons for this trend — the most ...

Children no longer play freely in driveways, on their streets or in urban parks and courtyards. In many places, children’s freedom to roam has been diminishing for generations, but the pandemic has ...

Children play everywhere. Yet their right to play – protected by a UN convention – is constantly challenged by adults. Play is crucial to support children’s holistic development in cognitive, ...

There was a time when children begged their parents to let them play an organized sport. Today, it seems as if much of this has changed. Parents routinely sign their children up to play a sport ...