From the University of Texas at Dallas press release: The nation’s 31 million children growing up in homes with low socioeconomic status have, on average, significantly smaller vocabularies compared with their peers. A new study…
From the University of Michigan press release: It’s a familiar sight in the majority of young families: young children bent over a screen for hours, texting or gaming, lost in a digital world. Many parents…
From the Penn State press release: Children growing up in poverty face many challenges, but a preschool program that aims to improve social and emotional skills may help increase their focus and improve learning in…
From the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences press release: It’s one thing to offer students fruits and vegetables for school lunch; it’s another for them to actually eat them. Children who…
From the University of Cambridge press release: When a parent and infant interact, various aspects of their behaviour can synchronise, including their gaze, emotions and heartrate, but little is known about whether their brain activity…
From the University of Granada press release: Researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) have proven, for the first time in history, that physical fitness in children may affect their brain structure, which in turn…
From the Wiley press release: Investigators have found a link between the amount of time between pregnancies and Autism Spectrum Disorder in children. The findings are published in Autism Research. Autism Spectrum Disorder was increased in…
From the University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences press release: Handling a poorly timed tantrum from a toddler — such as in the middle of the grocery store — is never…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Children who have been spanked by their parents by age 5 show an increase in behavior problems at age 6 and age 8 relative to children who…
From the Purdue University press release: Preschool children who engage in math activities at home with their parents not only improve their math skills, but also their general vocabulary, according to research from Purdue University.…