Darell Hammond

Our Dream Playground' is a new online project planner designed to help you build the playground of your dreams. It's a free resource, brought to you 'KaBOOM!,' offering step-by-step instructions to help you bring play to the kids in your community. ”

We must make sure that there is recess and P.E. class in every school, getting kids outside for 60 minutes, every day. ”

This summer, we need to let our kids go play and we need to stop worrying about whether or not it's going to ruin their chances of getting into college. ”

Our society spends a lot of money on prison bars. For the sake of our kids, let's invest in monkey bars. ”

Kids who don't play are not just at greater risk of falling behind academically, but also of becoming overweight or obese, failing to integrate socially, and even engaging in criminal activity. ”

No child wants to fall off a jungle gym or slide. Accidents are an unfortunate fact of life, but to lower every last slide and jungle gym to a height that would only interest a toddler is doing our children a grave disservice. ”

We're taking sports too far and starting kids too early. ”

By providing our young children with opportunities for free, child-directed play, along with proper nutrition, we are setting them up for a lifetime of healthy habits, versus interventions needed later in life. ”

People have to see play as more important than what it currently is. We don't want to get boxed into thinking play only happens on a playground. The best type of play is all kinds of play. ”

I hope my organization will not be around in 10 years, because at a national, state, and community level, we will have evolved into a society that cares about children and the need for play. ”