MESH Helps Partners with FUNdamentally Children for Toy and Game Accreditation
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- MESH Helps, a nonprofit with a mission to help kids strengthen resilience through play, continues to rally the toy industry to be part of the growing MESH movement by submitting products for accreditation through May 31, 2024. FUNdamentally Children will evaluate products as a third-party accrediting body led by Dr. Amanda Gummer to provide evidence-based testing in partnership with MESH Helps.
- FUNdamentally Children will evaluate products as a third-party accrediting body led by Dr. Amanda Gummer to provide evidence-based testing in partnership with MESH Helps.
- Dr. Gummer explains, "Providing objective guidelines to toy companies and an accreditation for consumers to identify MESH toys is a win-win-win.
- FUNdamentally Children adapted the MESH White Paper compiled by resilience expert, Dr. Deborah Gilboa into a framework that focuses on the 8 critical skills of MESH.
- MESH Helps has received a range of submissions from companies that recognize the profound influence toys have on children's mental health.