Plain pieces about outdoor play, screens, child development and what the science actually says. Aimed at the parent who reads at the kitchen table after the dishes are done.
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The WHO is not asking for an athlete. It is asking for a sweaty kid. Here is what that looks like in real life, and why it is the single most important number on this site.
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Richard Louv coined the phrase in 2005. It is not a clinical diagnosis. The findings underneath it, however, are surprisingly hard to argue with.
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Almost every "is my kid getting too much screen time?" question is, underneath, a sleep question. Here is the research, and the one rule that does most of the work.
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A short, evidence-based answer to one of the most-googled parent questions, sorted by age.
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If your school-run is a daily fight, the cause is almost certainly downstream of bedtime. Three changes that work.
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A short note on aerobic load, when to worry that a child is over-doing it, and why structured "training" almost never makes sense before 12.
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