Children Who Play Outdoors Have Better Friendships & Psychosocial Health
This article and Ted Talk discuss how playing outdoors more helps children develop their interaction and communication skills, especially...
A "Playborhood"
“kids have to find their own balance of power” A NY Times article explores a father's view of creating a play space for his children and...
It May Be More Important Than You Thought To Get Your Kids To Bed Early
"A new study suggests that having a late bedtime is linked to a greater obesity risk later in life. So, an early bedtime may be better"...
Queen's is Considering an Outdoor Classroom
Outdoor classrooms are learning spaces positioned outside in the natural environment. There is an increasing focus on the effects of the...
The movement to bring back ‘risky’ play for children
We found this article in the Globe and Mail that strongly supports what our Youth Advisory Group has been telling us, let us fall down so...
Harnessing Social Media for Child Health Research
In a recent article published by the Journal of American Medical Association Pediatrics, authors Schumacher and Lee explored the uses and...
What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness
Have you ever wondered what actually keeps us healthy and happy as we journey through life? Well this 75 year long study on adult...
Does technology remove us from everyday life?
A young photographer captures the role of our communication devices in various real life situations. In each portrait the device is...
The costs of food insecurity to our health care system: Why food insecurity is a federal election is
Recently the Child Health 2.0 research team has been investigating the effects of food insecurity on the health of Canadian adolescents....
How the latest playgrounds are making child's play fun again
Our youth advisory group are exploring the issue of "overprotection", and they are reading a number of news articles to help them...
