Youth sports has an attrition problem. "We do a tremendous job at getting kids involved," sport scientist Amanda Visek says. "We do a terrible job at keeping them." The absence of "fun" is often cited ...

As we've moved from three recesses a day to one or none, academic achievement has fallen, and obesity has risen. Maybe we ...

For many families, the last two years have been pretty light on social events, including kid birthday parties. Now that safe vaccinations are widely available and the weather is getting warm enough ...

If you’re looking for fun family things to do with no money, you’re not alone. Many of us are feeling the pinch financially as we navigate rising prices and uncertain costs everywhere from groceries ...

Kids are not meant to be stuck indoors 24/7, and they naturally thrive when they play outside, says Meghan Fitzgerald, a former school principal and the cofounder of Tinkergarten, a company that ...

Most of our childhood memories of the Shore are filled with sandy toes and big ice cream cones. But there is so much more for kids to do, like hunting for fossils, visiting quirky museums, and ...