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30 Ways Play Builds Confidence in Children

“It is not about smart children, it is about happy children who have the confidence and courage to learn and pursue things dear to their heart.” ~ Alexandra Eidens. It is no secret that self-esteem plays a vital role in an individual’s academic, professional, and personal success and satisfaction. As parents, educators, and caregivers, we want to plant the seeds of evergreen confidence starting from a young age. Fortunately, something children naturally do and love has all of the ingredients for healthy self-esteem now and in the future – play!

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The 25 Largest Urban Parks in the World

Urban parks are incredibly valuable for the health and welfare of people of all ages. They enrich the community, protect the environment and its inhabitants, and even boost the economy. City parks offer plenty of recreational opportunities, bolster property values, help reduce crime, purify and cool the air, keep municipal waters clean, and much more.

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Parents Still Have the Power to Protect their Children

Since the pandemic began in 2020, many things about our lives have changed. Now that the scares from COVID seem to be mostly behind us, some changes have stuck with us. Some of these have been for the better, however some have not.

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The U.S. Cities With the Most (and Fewest) Children

Whether you are moving to a new city or planning to buy a house in the city you already call home, it is nice to know how many children are living in your area. Maybe you are a young single person looking for a place with a fun nightlife and you don't need to worry about what type of school districts you are around. Maybe you are starting a family or already have one and schools are something of importance to you. Maybe you just want to be in an area where you know your kids will have a lot of other kids to plan and explore with.

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27 Reasons Why Freedom and Play Are Important During the Summer

Child development happens best in moments of freedom for kids, whether it's through free play, free choice, or free times. 


This infographic from the team at AAA State of Play looks at 27 reasons why play and freedom throughout the summer months can benefit children in very big ways, and it features a great mix of both facts and quotes. 

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A Child's New Skills by Age

Childhood milestones start the day a baby is born and go until that child matures into an adult. A baby's first smile, first word, first steps should all happen around the same time as their peers. Some children hit developmental milestones early while others may be delayed. Watching your child meet these important milestones in speech, emotion, learning and movement can show you how they are developing. If your child is not meeting these milestones it should be brought up with your doctor who can try and diagnose why they are not hitting these marks like their peers. 

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Recess Policy Across America: How Does Every State Score?

The recess policies in schools across the United States vary greatly in different parts of the country. Recess has been proven to boost academic performance, and this infographic from Playground Equipment shares the recess policies for each state in the country, and even assigns a letter grade to each. Based on the findings, only nine states received an A grade for their current policies, where eight received an F. One state that received an F is Texas, which says "No laws or recommendations.

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Facebook had announced its plans of creating a version of Instagram exclusively for children under 13, and the social media company is now receiving a warning from an international coalition of children's health advocates to not pursue the plan.

 

An open letter was organized by the youth advocacy non-profit Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, in which several groups, individual advocates, and researchers called on Mark Zuckerberg to abandon the plan, saying that it would put young people at risk, hence doing more harm than good.

 

The letter also quotes researches, suggesting that excessive use of digital devices and social media is harmful to adolescents.

Mark Zuckerberg Pressurized to Ditch Plans of Launching Instagram’s Version for Kids

YouTube shares its programming slate for YouTube Kids

The era in which kids used to wake up early in the morning just to catch their favorite TV shows airing belonged to the older generation. Now, the kids mostly watch the latest cartoons or shows on YouTube or their tablets or TV. Moreover, the majority of the cartoons are now rather than being aired on TV are uploaded on YouTube channels. This trend of overtaking traditional TV has transformed the watching behaviors of not only kids but adults as well.

Not only do the kids watch the shows but want to create content for YouTube as well. According to the studies, a significant number of kids from the UK and the USA have shown their interest in becoming a YouTuber as their life goal instead of becoming a pilot, an engineer or an astronaut.


YouTube shares its programming slate for YouTube Kids

 


Microsoft is bringing a new feature to Edge called Kids Mode, which is meant to provide a kid-friendly internet environment for children by ensuring safe and customized browsing. The feature has not rolled out widely yet, as it is only available to Edge Insiders in Microsoft’s Canary test channel.

 

Many services and devices offer a Kids Mode to help customize content for children, like Netflix’s Just for Kids and Amazon’s FreeTime Service.

Microsoft Edge will Now Ensure Child-Friendly Browsing with “Kids Mode”

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