Playground Communications

23/03/2015

This article just lit up a massive lightbulb for us. So simple and so well articulated. How can parents today make sure their sons feel differently tomorrow?

Hold onto your butts: a man has admitted that generally speaking, it takes longer for men to believe what a woman says than it would if a man said it. And… exhale. Let's breathe this one out.

03/12/2013

Ever wondered why teenagers behave the way they do? Check out some of the latest discoveries by neuroscientists.

Being a teenager is as infuriating as it is amazing. Caught between childhood and adulthood, adolescents often have fully developed bodies, but their brains are still under construction. Here's what neuroscience is learning about the remarkable teenage brain, and how it affects behavior.

10/11/2013

We are working hard to correct this, but it's going to be a long haul. So many young girls who are interested in technology are worried it's a 'boy's club'.

One of the most frustrating things about the tech industry's woman problem is the paucity of reliable data on the number of women working in technical roles. Now, thanks to a public Google spreadsheet created by Tracy Chou, a software engineer at Pinterest, we have data on how many women engineers w...

04/11/2013

So cool!

01/11/2013

Loving these little girl superheroes... a sneak peak of things to come from our wonderful partners at the Tech Girls movement. Stay tuned for info on how you can help us spread the word!

Superheroes aren't just for little boys. Here you'll find lots of images of little girls from past...

08/10/2013

This is GREAT stuff.

A new television campaign mocking the blitz of sports betting advertisements forms the centrepiece of a push to tackle problem gambling in teenagers.

02/10/2013

Ah - the innocent, powerful creativity of young children. This is what makes me tick!

When artist Mica Angela Hendricks got a new sketch book a while back, her 4-year-old daughter was insistent upon being able to try it out herself. Hendricks tried to say no, but her daughter used a phrase on her mom that she must have heard a few times...

02/10/2013

The stuff of nightmares! And why so many are calling for better regulation of kid-targeted gaming. Yikes!

I don't know about you, but when I was a kid and I wanted a toy or a game, I had to get them the old fashioned way -- by pressing my nose against the window of F.A.O. Schwartz and breathing heavily onto the cold glass until some kindly billionaire eventually took pity and adopted me.

01/10/2013

Well this is a worry...

Nearly nine in 10 children in China can identify a cigarette logo, according to a US study that measured to***co recognition among five- and six-year-olds in various countries.

25/09/2013

Interesting! I tend to agree there's definitely a gap between adulthood and the end of adolescence...

Psychologists now believe adolescence effectively runs up until the age of 25. So is this the new cut-off point for adulthood?

12/08/2013

This has been developing for a while now...

At 13, I’ve been noticing something different: Facebook is losing teens lately. And I think I know why.

07/08/2013

What are your thoughts on 'affection on demand'?

One mother wants to put an end on the ritual of demanding affection from children on cue.