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2022-07-02 Q&A — Developmental neuroscientist Eveline Crone Inside the adolescent brain This challenging phase of life may get a bad rap, but it’s also full of opportunity. A developmental neuroscientist shares what she’s learned from studies on young people’s risk-taking behavior, reasoning and more. By Tim Vernimmen Adolescence is often portrayed as a period […]
Predictable and consistent parental behavior is key for optimal child brain development Predictable and consistent parental behavior can include set routines for meals and transportation. Sue Zeng/Unsplash, CC BY-ND Tallie Z. Baram, University of California, Irvine Scientists have long known that the experiences you have during infancy and childhood play an important role in shaping how […]
2022-06-12 Children’s Vision Problems Often Go Undetected, Despite Calls for Regular Screening Colleen DeGuzman Jessica Oberoi, 13, can’t exactly remember when her eyesight started getting blurry. All she knows is that she had to squint to see the whiteboard at school. It wasn’t until last fall when her eighth grade class in Bloomington, […]
2022-06-04 ‘Desperate Situation’: States Are Housing High-Needs Foster Kids in Offices and Hotels Sam Whitehead Isela Perez entered the custody of Georgia’s child welfare system at age 10. It happened after her father was deported and her mother left her and her brother alone in their home for two weeks, she said. Perez […]
Great Gear to Help Babies Meet Developmental Milestones (StatePoint) As most new parents quickly learn, babies are constantly examining their surroundings and taking in the world around them, especially during play time. That’s why it’s so important that you have toys on hand to help them meet their developmental milestones. Here are […]
Tips to Raise Earth-Conscious Kids (StatePoint) Children are never too young to learn the importance of sustainability or begin adopting eco-friendly habits. Earth Day, celebrated April 22, is a great time to get started, and experts say it all starts with playtime. “Kids are built to absorb information at a tremendous pace,” says Anna Yudina, […]
2022-02-03 For bullied teens, online school offered a safe haven Bullying happened more during in-person school than when schooling was online. FatCamera/E+ via Getty Images Hannah L. Schacter, Wayne State University Online school during the COVID-19 pandemic was hard on many teens, but new research I co-authored has found a potential silver lining: Students were bullied […]
How Support Systems Are Failing Millions of American Children (StatePoint) At a time when the economic impacts of COVID-19 are making it hard for many families to afford healthy food and safe housing, and ever-changing work and school schedules are making their logistics hard to juggle, a new report finds that inequities […]
Are Your Kids Using Social Media? Not Sure? Here’s How to Protect Them (StatePoint) While most social media apps require that users be over 13 years old, this hasn’t stopped many younger children from opening accounts, according to new research. The recently-released C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health finds […]
Pandemic-related school closings likely to have far-reaching effects on child well-being Schools are wrestling with the consequences of long-term closures because of the pandemic. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong Sandra M. Chafouleas, University of Connecticut A global analysis has found that kids whose schools closed to stop the spread of various waves of the coronavirus lost educational […]