Children’s rights for our planet
Child in the City share Six ways children’s rights can help create a cleaner, healthier planet for all (23 November 2023)
Outdoor play: benefits, influencing factors and actual behaviour of kids
Despite the benefits of outdoor play, fewer and fewer children are playing outside. This Child in the City article (3 November 2022) explores how many policy visions and investments are still based on assumptions made by officials or suppliers of play equipment. When children are involved, they are often asked [...]
More space and play opportunities – that’s what children want in a post-pandemic world
This Child in the City article (2 November 2022) reports on a new study by Play Wales and Swansea University. Children say they want more space and more time to play with their friends following the COVID pandemic. They also would like more protected places to play, which includes investment [...]
Do different amounts of nature exposure in childhood affect adult sensory processes?
This study examined the mediating role of sensory profiles in the relationships between childhood nature exposure, and adulthood nature relatedness and creativity. Results suggest that children with lower levels of nature exposure grow up to exhibit a high tendency to miss subtle sensory stimuli. In turn, this sensory processing pattern [...]
