Fair Play for Children News — Research into Childhood

Jan Cosgrove
35 min readJul 5, 2024

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Fair Play for Children website: http://www.fairplay31.online/index.html

Scholarly articles for children’s play research

Research Articles — National Institute for Play

Childhood: Sage Journals

Children and Childhoods | BERA

Previous articles to 17 June 2024

13th September 2024: 54 new articles/papers, 11 Play-related

National Institute for Play: Home

Children’s play and physical activity levels in a natural playground: an observational case study from the Netherlands

Why play is serious work Brookings Institute

Social reciprocity in handicapped and nonhandicapped children in a dyadic play situation.

Gender-specific play behavior in relation to autistic traits and behavioral difficulties at the age of seven in the SELMA study

Study on Chilean Plays Examines How Humor and Play Illuminate Dictatorship Trauma

Cultural Differences in Play — Japanese children opt for rule-based, learning-based play over free play.

2013.01 Opportunities for Outdoor Play? Playgrounds-New Spaces of Liberty (The Question of Form)

Children’s spatialities: embodiment, emotion and agency

Prenatal Tax Credits and Child Support for the Unborn: A Literature Review

Disseminating Recommended Practice: Early Childhood Education Institute researchers share strategies for involving families

Maternal Glycemia During Pregnancy and Child Lung Function: A Prospective Cohort Study

Primary health-care practices for deaf children should include early incorporation of a signed language

Respiratory syncytial virus vaccination and immunoprophylaxis: realising the potential for protection of young children

Severe respiratory syncytial virus infection in children: burden, management, and emerging therapies

Protocols for transitioning to adult mental health services for adolescents with ADHD

30th August 2024: 41 new articles inc 11 play-related

Young Children and Nature: Outdoor Play and Development, Experiences Fostering Environmental Consciousness, And the Implications on Playground Design

Play and the city — Roberto Farne

“A Network of Inscrutable Canyons”: Wartime London’s Sensory Landscapes

Development, Validity and Reliability Study of the Play Preference Scale (PRS) of Children receiving Preschool Education

Longitudinal Changes in Youth Mental Health From Before to During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Is childcare good or bad for children’s socio-emotional development? Context matters

23rd August 2024: 47 new articles inc 8 play-related

The digital lives of children: Impacts of screen time on health and play — HSPH.Harvard.edu

Half of children can pretend from the age of one, new research reveals — University of Bristol

Learn the connection between how young children play and cognitive development

UNICEF — FINANCING AND DOMESTIC RESOURCE MOBILIZ. STRATEGY

Starting with empirical oral antibiotics for paediatric bone and joint infections — The Lancet

The battle against paediatric HIV is far from over — Authors’ reply — The Lancet

Making sense of paediatric sepsis — The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health

The battle against paediatric HIV is far from over — The Lancet

14th August 2024: 68 new stories inc 1 video — 15 play-related

Kids’ sugar intake soars by 40% during summer holidays

Child, City, Play: The Spielraum

The Geography of Children: An Annotated Bibliography

Shaping OurSpace: Children’s Engagement with Nature through Urban Planning & Theatre

The past 25 years in paediatric rheumatology: insights from monogenic diseases — Nature

Children Handed Tablets Early In Life Are Angrier Later On, Research Finds — MSN

Including young children with disabilities lights a path toward achieving the Sustainable …

27th July 2024: 44 new stories inc 8 play/music related

VIRGIN MEDIA RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF PLAY FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING

2013.01 Opportunities for Outdoor Play? Playgrounds-New Spaces of Liberty (The Question of Form)

Going back and beyond: children’s learning through places

Early Childhood Research Quarterly | Vol 69, In progress (4th Quarter 2024)

Brain imaging study in children shows sex and gender operate in different networks of the brain

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology: Volume 28, Issue 5 — DOI

Research focus: the Paediatric Dengue Cohort Study — The Lancet

Ruxolitinib: a game changer in paediatric chronic graft-versus-host disease management?

14th July 2024: 39 new stories worldwide (8 Play-related) inc 2 video

The Science Of Play: Research Shows That Restricting Playtime May Harm Kids — MSN

Rethinking relationship between children’s play and configuration of urban physical environments in Dhaka

Running Wild: engaging and empowering future custodians of place through creative nature-based play

Degrowth and the Politics of Play in 21st C. Spanish Environmental Art

Conceptions of place: approaching space, children and physical acticity

The science of baby babbling — and why it can take on accents — News — The University of Liverpool

The Effect of Theory of Mind-Based Emotional Development Program on Young Children’s

4th July 2024: 56 new stories (8 Play-related) inc 1 vid

Rethinking ‘safe spaces’ in children’s geographies

2013.01 Opportunities for Outdoor Play? Playgrounds-New Spaces of Liberty (The Question of Form)

AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY OF CHILDREN’S PLAY SPACES IN CAIRO

Unlocking potential: The role of play and innovation in early childhood education

Livebirth rate after one frozen embryo transfer in ovulatory women starting with natural, modified natural, or artificial endometrial preparation in Viet Nam: an open-label randomised controlled trial

European Society of Paediatric Oncology Annual Meeting 2024 — The Lancet

Healthcare costs related to respiratory syncytial virus in paediatric intensive care units

Health care safety incidents in paediatric emergency care — Anales de Pediatría

Engaging Families in State Initiatives: A Case Study of Lessons Learned

Enhancing climate change and sustainability education through critical and collaborative dialogue between Global South and North education communities

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Jan Cosgrove

National Secretary of Fair Play for Children, Also runs Bognor Regis Herald online. Plus runs British Music Radio online