Engaging extracurricular activities for children, from sports and arts to hobbies and creative pursuits, designed to build confidence, skills, teamwork and creativity.
Global charities harness sports like football, boxing, and skateboarding to educate, empower, and uplift young people from impoverished communities, offering new pathways to health, education, and employment. Sports can do more than fill spare time. In some of the world’s…
Experts highlight that structured challenges in martial arts help children build confidence, discipline, and emotional resilience, emphasising the importance of learning through struggle. Parents are often wired to smooth the path for their children, but child development experts say a…
Simple, low-pressure hobbies such as embroidery and paint-by-numbers are gaining popularity as effective ways to foster family connection and reduce reliance on screens amid growing concerns over children’s screen time and well-being. Parents often know the feeling: dinner needs to…
Aberg Ibrahim, a Montessori teacher, advocates for balanced routines over strict bans, emphasising outdoor play, family connection, and challenge-based activities to help children enjoy a healthier, more engaging summer without excessive screen use. Parents looking for a calmer summer need…
With just 26.4% of Chilean children meeting recommended activity levels, health experts emphasise the importance of embedding movement into daily family life to combat sedentary habits and support overall wellbeing. In Chile, only 26.4% of children and adolescents meet recommended…
A shift towards cohesive coaching and parental support is emerging as the vital factor in keeping teenage girls engaged in sport, highlighting the importance of a unified development environment beyond technical drills. The moment a teenager quietly walks away from…
A decline in arts funding across Canadian classrooms threatens to diminish not only creative skills but also vital cognitive and emotional development, raising concerns over widening inequality in access to holistic learning. For many children, the arts are not an…
As youth sports become more structured, both athletes and parents must understand the importance of attendance, discipline and sacrifice to foster trust, development and long-term success, according to experts. In youth sports, commitment is rarely about talent alone. It is…
A study highlights how locally anchored art and tradition may better reach rural adolescents suffering from loneliness and emotional distress, surpassing conventional counselling methods. Rural left-behind adolescents in China often live with a quiet but serious mental health burden: loneliness,…
Tom DeBlass raises concerns over the dangerous pressures facing young Brazilian jiu-jitsu athletes, highlighting risks of steroid abuse and problematic social media dynamics that threaten their health and development. Tom DeBlass has raised concerns about the pressure surrounding youth Brazilian…
Research suggests that while physical activity can help manage anger, the type of exercise matters, calmer, rhythmic activities often better than high-intensity workouts, which may prolong arousal. Many people reach for the gym, a run or a punching bag when…
A team approach to injury management underpins safe and effective return-to-play decisions, highlighting the importance of early detection, functional testing, and collaborative care. On a Friday night under the lights, a team doctor’s job begins long before the opening whistle…
