“When parents are aware of the bullying, the child’s quality of life is better.”
According to a new survey, nearly one-third of children diagnosed with food allergies are bullied.
December 26th, 2012 at 10:02 am
A third of children with food allergies are bullied
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December 7th, 2012 at 10:30 am
Most parents oppose collecting children’s information on the internet
Nine out of 10 adults said they believed advertisers should get a parent’s permission before collecting data on their children.
Overwhelmingly, parents object to personal information being collected on their children over the internet. This is according to a new poll just released before federal officials are set to vote on a controversial proposal to strengthen child privacy laws.
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November 8th, 2012 at 4:12 pm
20 minutes of exercise a day may help kids with ADHD focus
Exercise seems to help children with ADHD focus.
Just 20 minutes of physical activity per day may help children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to recent research.
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September 10th, 2012 at 12:26 pm
Father’s who sleep closer to their children experience a drop in testosterone
Fathers who co-sleep with their children may be more responsive their children’s needs.
Mothers and fathers both are biologically adapted to respond to children. New research from the University of Notre Dame shows that dads who sleep near their children experience a drop in testosterone. Previous research from humans and other species suggests this decrease might make men more responsive to their children’s needs and help them focus on the demands of parenthood.
September 6th, 2012 at 11:48 am
Estonia’s ambitious plan to get 6 year olds to learn coding at school
The idea is that children in grades 1-4 will take coding classes as part of their normal curriculum.
Codeacademy and Bloc are hot new startups that teach people to code. They help people learn to program quickly and easily and they have helped spawn a cultural movement lauded by the likes of Tim O’Reilly and Douglas Rushkoff.
But, some people are taking the idea a little further.
August 10th, 2012 at 9:58 am
Only 14% of Americans believe their kids will be better off than their parents
More and more Americans are growing increasingly skeptical of the American dream.
A new Rasmussen Reports poll finds that 14 percent of American adults believe children these days will enjoy a better life than their parents did, an all-time low.
August 1st, 2012 at 12:50 pm
Whatever happened to the chemistry set?
By the 1920s and 30s children had access to substances which would raise eyebrows in today’s more safety-conscious times.
When you talk to people of a certain age about chemistry sets, a nostalgic glaze comes over their eyes. The first chemistry sets for children included dangerous substances like uranium dust and sodium cyanide, but all that has changed.
May 7th, 2012 at 1:08 pm
Study: Parents today are happier than their childless counterparts
Looks like having kids may not make you miserable after all.
Based on early research, the conventional wisdom that’s developed over the past few decades has been that parents are less happy, more depressed and have less-satisfying marriages than their childless counterparts.
April 28th, 2012 at 8:37 am
Young children prefer live animals to toys: Study
“The fact that children find animals so appealing suggests that children may benefit from having an animal, like a pet, in their lives.”
Kids as young as 11 months showed more interest in live animals than toys, even ones made to replicate real living creatures, it was found in a new study.
April 26th, 2012 at 1:37 pm
Kids age faster when exposed to violence
The study is the first to show accelerated biological aging in childhood as a result of stress.
Children age faster on a cellular level when exposed to multiple instances of violence than children without violent experiences, a new study has found.
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