Before charging ahead to a world of AI babysitters and teacher or companion robots, we should consider this technology carefully to assess its appropriateness in children’s lives.
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Low awareness of how arthritis affects young people leaves thousands of children without appropriate support.
Batteries can power life-saving devices when implanted in the body, but they can also be deadly if inserted into cavities or ingested.
Being more mindful to our own needs as well as those of the people in our lives can help us be more compassionate and attentive.
The gentle parenting movement has exploded in popularity on social media. But is it good for kids or parents?
Researchers conducted in-depth interviews with 17 Philadelphia parents about how their family uses digital media. Here they offer tips to promote healthy, balanced media habits for kids.
The seven-minute episodes show characters dealing with difficult emotions like fear and grief through play.
Barbie has long functioned as a proxy onto which cultural aspirations and anxieties about womanhood are projected.
Rates of flu vaccination are down for children. That leaves them and us vulnerable to the flu and its complications.
With child and adolescent mental health problems on the rise, here is a step-by-step guide for caregivers for recognizing signs of mental distress and responding with support and resources.
Parents spend more time actively engaged with their kids – such as helping with homework or reading together – during the school year than during summer. But the difference is almost three times greater for moms than for dads.
Children learn more science when they watch an AI-powered cartoon character than with a regular Mickey Mouse or Dora the Explorer, a new study finds.
Rates of cardiac arrest are high. So, why don’t more people know CPR?
Knowing more about how a camp operates and trains its staff can bring about peace of mind for parents, two summer camp scholars say.
Encouraging your child to ‘eat a rainbow’ is backed by the evidence and can start more well-rounded and positive conversations with them about foods.
Some of the now-adult children of influencers are pushing back.
What’s true and what’s not? An expert in media literacy explains how to evaluate information.
Respiratory viruses are hitting young children and infants particularly hard this fall and winter season, and experts don’t yet know exactly why.
A scholar who used to evaluate after-school programs says they should do more than just be a place for kids to hang out and socialize.
Appalachia has one of the highest rates of oral health problems per person in the US.
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Professor of Psychology, Michigan State University
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Senior Principal Research Fellow; paediatrician; infectious diseases epidemiologist; vaccinologist, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Michigan State University
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Associate Professor, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Psychology, Cornell University
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Associate Professor of Epidemiology, University of San Francisco
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Science communications researcher, Cochrane Australia | Advisor to the Editor in Chief, Cochrane Collaboration, Monash University
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Professor and Director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, Case Western Reserve University
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Professor of Psychology, Rutgers University - Newark
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Associate Professor, School of Medical, Indigenous and Health Sciences, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor of Education, Michigan State University
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Professor of Exercise and Sport Science, University of South Australia
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Professor of Psychology, San Diego State University
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Associate Professor, Discipline of Childhood and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney
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Director, Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement in the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University
