Outside school hours care (OSHC) provides an invaluable service to parents in the community, allowing more flexibility in being able to juggle their professional and family lives. However, research shows that 31-79 per cent of OSHC sessions are sedentary, giving ...

New research from the University of South Australia (UniSA) has found that modern lifestyles, including too much screen time, are negatively affecting young children’s readiness for school. The study, conducted by UniSA researchers Dr Kobie Boshoff, Alessia Pivato and Sarah ...

Last week, after discussing how much time was being spent in front of Minecraft, my eldest came back at me with a frustratingly good observation: “But Dad… it’s educational!” He wasn’t wrong.  As a high school maths teacher, I’d ordinarily ...

When five pm hits, Jessica flicks on the TV. She knows Lula, her two-and-a-half-year-old, will pass the witching hour in relative peace watching ABC Kids. Screen time rules proponents may caution her: no more than that per day, until Lulu is ...

Too much time spent watching TV and playing computer games can hold back the development of young children, new research suggests. A study of 2400 Canadian children found more screen time was linked to lower scores in 'milestone' tests of ...

Want a cognitively optimal child? Canadian researchers have found a winning formula: one hour of exercise + minimal recreational screen time + plenty of sleep. While the finding may be intuitive, their study of 4.500 American nine and 10-year-olds provides evidence for it. Using ...