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Children spend only half as much time playing outside as their parents did

Giving Back and Events, The Great OutdoorsBy toughestkids March 18, 2014 Leave a comment

National Trust survey also found that nine out of 10 parents would prefer offspring to spend childhood connecting with nature. Children today spend half the time their parents did playing outside, a survey suggests. While more than four-fifths (83%) of parents questioned thought it was important their children learned to use technology, nine out of 10 would prefer them to spend their childhood outdoors, developing a connection with nature.

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How Land Conservation Is Transforming Lives In Pittsburgh

Why Kids Need to Spend Time in Nature

Giving Back and Events, The Great OutdoorsBy toughestkids March 18, 2014 Leave a comment

They may prefer to stick to their screens, but here’s why getting outdoors matters. n the early 1980s, a Harvard University biologist named Edward O. Wilson proposed a theory called biophilia: that humans are instinctively drawn towards their natural surroundings. Many 21st century parents, however, would question this theory, as they watch their kids express a clear preference for sitting on a couch in front of a screen over playing outside.

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Experts explain mental state of military children

Giving Back and Events, Military FamiliesBy toughestkids March 18, 2014 Leave a comment

They are strong and they are resilient. They are adaptable. They are well-travelled and fiercely patriotic. They are bright, inquisitive and eager to help out, whether that is at home or in their communities. They have advantages many kids do not: parents with jobs and steady incomes, health care, safe housing, good education systems and access to early intervention programs.

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Childhood Cancer Survivors Living Longer

Giving Back and Events, Cancer NewsBy toughestkids March 18, 2014 Leave a comment

Children who survive cancer are living longer. And one reason may be that fewer childhood cancers are treated with radiation today than were 20 years ago, researchers suggest. Although the study can’t prove a cause-and-effect link, the researchers found that as use of radiation in childhood cancers declined dramatically, so did the number of kids with cancers that returned.

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Children who play outside more likely to protect nature as adults

Giving Back and Events, The Great OutdoorsBy toughestkids March 10, 2014 Leave a comment

Protecting the environment can be as easy as telling your kids to go outdoors and play, according to a new UBC study.Research by Catherine Broom, assist. prof. in the Faculty of Education at UBC Okanagan, shows that 87 percent of study respondents who played outside as children expressed a continued love of nature as young adults. Of that group, 84 per cent said taking care of the environment was a priority.

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10 Ways to Raise a Charitable Kid

Charity at Home, Giving Back and EventsBy toughestkids February 18, 2014 Leave a comment

Samantha is not yet 4 years old, but she already has the makings of a charitable child. She was distributing school supplies with her family to kids at a homeless shelter, where I was volunteering, and noticed one child in a corner didn’t have a backpack. She picked up a spare, walked to him and said, “I sorry you don’t have one. I hope you happy.”

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