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In sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, young children dying at greater-than-expected rates

October 16, 2022

Generally, as people age, the rate of mortality increases. Yet there’s one period, the timeframe between a child’s first day of life and age 5, when mortality tends to decrease as the child gets older.

Music in childhood boosts brains in later life

British Reporter — Taking up a musical instrument in childhood and adolescence is

by British Reporter

September 8, 2022

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The way you talk to your child about math matters

Parents’ responses to children’s math success, failure linked to motivation, anxiety “You’re so

by British Reporter

September 7, 2022

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Robots can be used to assess children’s mental wellbeing, study suggests

British Reporter– Robots can be better at detecting mental wellbeing issues in

by British Reporter

September 6, 2022

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Health&Beauty

Social disadvantage in the UK has a lasting impact on childhood asthma

British Reporter — A study published in the journal Thorax has found that children experiencing social disadvantage in their first few years of life have a greatly increased risk of asthma persisting into adulthood.

by British Reporter

October 16, 2021

2 mins read

Education

Pandemic Cold and Flu Season: A Parent’s Back-to-School Guide

Each fall, classrooms full of kids become smoldering hotpots of colds, flu, stomach viruses, and germs that fester and spread. Doctors expect this; in fact, it’s how young bodies build immunity against these illnesses. But last year was an astonishing exception, with

by British Reporter

September 10, 2021

7 mins read

Education

Don’t let delta disrupt learning, expert says

With the delta variant surging in the United States just as the school year begins, parents are wondering — and worried — about the threat to children. To address their fears, Marc Lipsitch, an epidemiologist and director of the Harvard T.H. Chan

by British Reporter

September 3, 2021

1 min read

Education

To Quarantine or Not: The Hard Choices Schools Are Leaving to Parents and Staf

British Reporter — On the second day of high school in Texas, Natosha Daniels’ 14-year-old daughter went all day without eating because she did not want to remove her mask. The teen’s school has a couple of thousand students, and the cafeteria was

by British Reporter

September 2, 2021

5 mins read

Health&Beauty

Young children gained weight during the pandemic

A Kaiser Permanente study of nearly 200,000 children showed that children gained excess weight during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially those between 5 and 11 years old. The study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

by British Reporter

August 27, 2021

1 min read

Coronavirus

Science Shows Mask-Wearing Is Largely Safe for Childrenc

British Reporter — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is one of a handful of Republican governors trying to block school districts from requiring masks in the classroom, Kaiser Family Foundation notes.

by British Reporter

August 23, 2021

6 mins read

Education

Practical Strategies to Help Children Through a Pandemic

Since the pandemic began, parents and researchers have been trying to understand how it affects children’s mental health. For 18 months, children have dealt with the disruption of their daily lives, fear of COVID-19 contagion, and sometimes death in the family.

by British Reporter

August 12, 2021

3 mins read

Education

Remote learning affected high schoolers’ social, emotional health

According to University of Pennsylvania, research from Angela Duckworth and colleagues found that teenagers who attended school virtually fared worse than classmates who went in person, results that held even when accounting for variables like gender, race, and socioeconomic status.

by British Reporter

August 7, 2021

2 mins read

Education

Three Things Parents Need for Kindergarten Prep

British Reporter — For parents with children getting ready to start kindergarten, focus on three things: reading, playing, and encouraging.

by British Reporter

July 31, 2021

1 min read

Employment

The Parent Trap

It’s no secret women are grossly underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in higher education. The numbers tell the story: Women made up just 24% of senior, full-time faculty (associate and full professors) in the natural sciences, and only 15% of

by British Reporter

July 26, 2021

3 mins read