Reports

Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict

By: UN

The present report is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 51/77

and subsequent resolutions on the rights of the child, the most recent of which is

resolution 64/146. In resolution 64/146, the Assembly requested...

Five Years On: A report from the NGO Advisory Council for follow-up to the UN Secretary-General’s Study on Violence Against Children A global update on violence against children

By: UN

A report from the NGO Advisory Council

for follow-up to the UN Secretary-General’s

Study on Violence Against Children

Park-Based Physical Activity Among Children and Adolescents

By: American Journal of Preventive Medicine Volume 41, Issue 3 , Pages 258-265

Availability of parks is associated with higher levels of physical activity among children and adolescents. Few studies examine actual park use and park-based physical activity in these populations.

Why Parents Should Stop Overprotecting Kids and Let Them Play

By: American Journal of Play

An Interview with Hara Estroff Marano

and Lenore Skenazy

The Decline of Play and the Rise of Psychopathology in Children and Adolescents

By: Peter Gray

Over the past half century, in the United States and other developed nations, children’s free play with other children has declined sharply.

The Special Value of Children’s Age-Mixed Play

By: Peter Gray

From an evolutionary perspective, the normal social play of children involves kids of various ages.

State of Play

By: API

A report into the future of UK play provision and the Playbuilder legacy (2008-2011)