--- description: Why recess is good for kids, why complaining is literally killing you and more. title: Why We Should Send Our Kids Outside to Play image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Innovation](/tag/innovation/) ## Innovation Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Why We Should Send Our Kids Outside to Play by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 28, 2016 4:01 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 28, 2016 4:01 PM CUT **1\.** [**It’s springtime. Let the kids go out and play. It could make them better students.**](http://daily.jstor.org/recess-matters/ "undefined") By Livia Gershon in JSTOR Daily **2\.** [**Stop complaining. It’s killing you.**](http://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/complaining-rewires-your-brain-for-negativity-science-says.html "undefined") By Jessica Stillman in Inc **3\.** [**Fading social trust is making it harder to keep cities safe.**](http://www.thechicagocouncil.org/blog-entry/social-trust-essential-balancing-safety-and-security-global-cities "undefined") By Kristin Ljungkvist at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs **4\.** [**Doctors might use GMO maggots to heal stubborn wounds.**](https://news.ncsu.edu/2016/03/modified-maggots-could-help-human-wound-healing/ "undefined") By Mick Kulikowski at North Carolina State University **5\.** [**Access to birth control is a political football. This app is trying to change that.**](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-app-delivers-birth-control-to-your-door/ "undefined") By Amy Kraft at CBS News  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4273570/should-send-kids-outside-play/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4273570/should-send-kids-outside-play/"},"headline":"Why We Should Send Our Kids Outside to Play","datePublished":"2016-03-28T16:01:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:00:11.996Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4273570/should-send-kids-outside-play/","keywords":["Innovation","medicine","School","Work","Terrorism","Birth Control"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4273570/should-send-kids-outside-play/","name":"Why We Should Send Our Kids Outside to Play"}}]}] ```