The type of toys children play with can have a profound effect on their success in adult life, according to an academic report. Dr Jacqueline Harding, a child behavioural expert, said repetitive ...

If you want to foster your child’s independent learning and play, Montessori-inspired toys can help them confidently engage with the world on their own. Sami Krasny, a play-based education consultant, ...

Ivory Szatkowski placed the stethoscope on her doll’s heart and listened. Then she smiled and took her doll’s temperature. That was good, too. So, the inquisitive 4-year-old reached into her medical ...

Pablo Neruda once wrote, “A child who does not play is not a child.” More and more, parents are conscious of the downsides of a generation that’s allowed too little time to play. And pediatricians are ...