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.
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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.
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British Reporter — For parents with children getting ready to start kindergarten, focus on three things: reading, playing, and encouraging.
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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
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British Reporter — Due to the coronavirus pandemic, many parents suddenly had to support their children with schoolwork on a daily basis. This was not always easy. How do you effectively provide instruction and keep your child focused? Researchers of the Institute
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British Reporter — A new study has found the mental health of home-carers deteriorated more during lockdown than non-carers. The research led by the University of Glasgow’s MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit with colleagues at the University of Essex – found
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British Reporter– Penn researchers discovered that children from lower-income backgrounds and those who go through greater adverse childhood experiences get their first permanent molars sooner, University of Pennsylvania notes. Early in her career neuroscientist Allyson Mackey began thinking about molars. As a
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The FINANCIAL — Researchers from the University of Liverpool and Queen’s University Belfast have been awarded £2.6 million to tackle the problem of tooth decay, which is now the leading cause of planned hospital admissions for children under the age of 11
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British Reporter — An enhanced learning environment during the first five years of life shapes the brain in ways that are apparent four decades later, according to University of Pennsylvania and Virginia Tech scientists writing in the June edition of the Journal of
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British Reporter — Popular television shows and movies can bolster teenagers’ mental health and help them cope with bullying, sexual assault, suicidal thoughts, substance abuse and depression when these issues are depicted with empathy and appropriate resources are provided, a report published today
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