The best toys for kids are ones that they won’t get bored with in two minutes flat — and it’s a bonus if it gets them active!

Two years ago, my wife downloaded the 1,000 Hours Outside app and challenged our entire family to spend most of the year outdoors. We have a large backyard and have attempted to utilize all that space ...

A kindergartner frolics on a jungle gym during a festival in Louisville, Kentucky, in September 2017. Natosha Via When Sebastian “Ted” Hinton was a child, his father, a Princeton mathematician, built ...