Dr Lisa Mundy is Project Manager, Murdoch Children's Research Institute. She is part of the first study in the world to take a detailed look at the middle years. She helped start the CATS project, led by Professor George Patton. It’s a longitudinal study of the health and emotional development of 1200 Melbourne children through their middle years. … Continue reading The Importance of Your Child’s Middle Years
Play Wales have just published an information sheet on play for children from 11 to 16 years. This publication comes at a time it is increasingly important to understand the needs of this age group. The information sheet looks at: Avoiding assumptions based on age alone Understanding the adolescent brain Play behaviours of older children … Continue reading Older children play too
The Children's Play Policy Forum have made a statement which sums up the necessity of play for all children. Play builds the child and results in an ability to socialise, make decisions, be resilient, and more, in later life. The lack of these qualities gives rise to some of the problems children and young people … Continue reading Play Builds Children
A Belgian environment minister has been forced to resign after falsely claiming the country’s intelligence services held evidence that children skipping school to demonstrate over climate change were being directed by unnamed powers. Tens of thousands of Belgian children, inspired by the lone protest launched last year by Greta Thunberg, then 15, outside the Swedish … Continue reading Belgian minister resigns over school-strike conspiracy claims
