International Day of Play 2025

International Day of Play

International Day of Play 2025: Why Play Is Vital for Every Child’s Development June 11, marks the United Nations’ International Day of Play – a global initiative to preserve, promote, and prioritise play as an essential human right, particularly for children. Play is more than a pastime — it’s a vital force in early development. […]

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Children with speech disorder more likely to have problems making friends

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Children with persistent speech disorder have greater difficulty than their peers in making friends and maintaining relationships, according to new research. Published (17 January) in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry Advances, the study was led by researchers at the University of Bristol and used data from world-renowned longitudinal study Children of the 90s […]

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Sleep and the social competence of children

(Tokyo, 24 March) Researchers at Keio University report in the journal Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health the results of an in-depth study on the importance of sleep for children’s health and social behavior. The main findings showed that the sleep onset time and duration of sleep are important factors for the development of […]

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