Children today are cossetted and pressured in equal measure. Without the freedom to play they will never grow up
Children today are suffering a severe deficit of play | Aeon Essays
Children today are cossetted and pressured in equal measure. Without the freedom to play they will never grow up
‘We need to reclaim childhood’: UK ministers urged to restore right to play
A steady erosion of outdoor playtime is impairing the development of infants, say experts
Play is doing its work even if we’re not keeping score | Aeon Essays
We are most human when we play freely, imaginatively, pointlessly. Gamification risks atrophying that most precious capacity
2016: Video games | Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children | University of Bristol
Rather than there being a clear link one way or another, a new study by researchers at Bath Spa University, Bristol University and University College London suggests a nuanced relationship between playing video games at an early age that might include violent content, and later development of aggressive behaviours during teenage years.
Cultivating Visual Literacy: A Play-Based Approach to Drawing Education for Young Children
This paper introduces a novel, play-based method for teaching drawing to young children, emphasising observation, creativity, and the development of visual literacy. The method, refined through years of practical testing with the author's children, moves beyond rote copying and focuses on engaging parents in the learning process. It leverages fun, interactive exercises designed to enhance spatial reasoning, attention to detail, and an appreciation for artistic expression while fostering the understanding of drawing as a natural form of expression alongside language and mathematics, helping children develop a confident, lifelong relationship with visual communication that transcends common perceptions of drawing as an intimidating or exclusively talent-based skill. This paper also presents a literature review on early childhood art education and highlights the importance of drawing as a fundamental cognitive skill.
Opinion | Let Children Get Bored Again (Published 2019)
Boredom teaches us that life isn’t a parade of amusements. More important, it spawns creativity and self-sufficiency.
Young children would rather explore than get rewards
Young children will pass up rewards they know they can collect to explore other options, a new study suggests. Researchers found that when adults and 4- to 5-year-old children played a game where certain choices earned them rewards, both adults and children quickly learned what choices would give them the biggest returns. But while adults ...
Richard D. Bartlett on Twitter / X
I absolutely don't know what I'm talking about but I'm forming a theory of ADHD. consequence of an absence of parental leadership in training the kid how to pay attention— Richard D. Bartlett (@RichDecibels) October 28, 2026
A Rule is to Break
Simply celebrating childhood: the joy, the wonder of discovery, the spontaneity, and strong emotions Wild Child is free to do as she pleases. <i>A Rule Is To Break: A Child's Guide to Anarchy</i> follows Wild Child as she learns about just being herself and how that translates into kid autonomy. It presents the ideas of challenging societal expectations and tradition and expressing yourself freely in kid-terms that are both funny and thought provoking—it even functions as a guidebook for adults to understand what it is to be a critically thinking, creative individual. Wild Child is <i>the</i> role model for disobedience that is sometimes civil.<br><br> Mostly pictures (that are cute!) and a little text, and looks good, but don't expect much of a lesson in real anarchy! For ages 4 and up!
The Future of Children’s Programming After Federal Cuts to Public Media
The nation needs a strategy for children’s media that draws from the trusted legacy of public media and leverages today’s most promising tech tools.
Crémieux on Twitter / X
Why are the kids scoring poorly today?Uh, high ceilings. This study is making the news, but it is bad🧵 pic.twitter.com/V3sxq5S7Z6— Crémieux (@cremieuxrecueil) July 4, 2024
Playwright CLI 0.1.23の--isolated-contextで、1つのセッションに2人分のログイン状態を持たせる | DevelopersIO
Playwright CLI 0.1.23のtab-newに--isolated-contextが加わり、1つのセッションでcookieとstorageを分けたタブを開けます。2人分のログインを持たせる手順、状態が消える時点と引き継ぎ方、-sとの使い分けを確かめました。
Why should children program - a review of Seymor Paperts Mindstorms
This is an essay about what it means to teach a kid to program, using Seymor Paperts groundbreaking book Mindstorms as a reference.
Erlend Sogge Heggen (@erlend.sh)
1. solitude: single-player game loop 2. bottomlessness: infinite scroll 3. speed: instant delivery/gratification 4. teasing: generally satisfactory, never perfect; “maybe the next one is exactly what I want” ↘️ quoting NPR (@npr.org): Taken together, these four features can create a trancelike state that can keep us stuck on social media apps or video games for hours. Children are particularly vulnerable. n.pr/4mH6i6s
