Many children are born into families which are vegetarian for cultural, religious, health, ethical or economical reasons. But are they getting the nutrients they need for growth and development?
Parents who provide learning support at home can improve their child’s literacy and emotional development, regardless of their class or educational background.
Milestone charts can be an effective tool in spotting developmental problems. But do they say anything about the future potential of children who are developing normally?
Lead exposure is more common than you think.
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Childhood achievements such as walking and talking are often celebrated signs that things are going well in a child’s life. But once these achievements start being compared between children, they can become the cause of anxiety.
Children need more than one day per week of preschool education to feel secure, build relationships and support learning.
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Under new legislation, children from low-income families will receive just 12 hours of early learning support a week, adding to the risk of these children falling behind their peers at school.
Hitting young children affects their grades as they grow up.
A health worker measures an infant’s growth. Children who are undernourished in their first 1000 days of life, could suffer from stunting later.
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Is children swearing a bad thing? Should I scold him for using words he doesn’t know the meaning of? Should I discourage him from using swear words and refrain from swearing in front of him?
Calm down, kids. You don’t want to end up short like uncle Harry now do you?
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Infant monkeys who play more develop better motor skills even though they grow more slowly, a study has found.
Dire predictions on the future of children’s brains are shocking, not least because of how flimsy the evidence is to support these views.
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Baseless claims about the damage done to kids’ development create needless panic. And they distract from legitimate, evidence-based concerns with which parents need to engage.
Vasopressin may be used to treat social deficits in children with autism.
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Increasing autistic children’s levels of vasopressin, a hormone that regulates social behaviour, could help treat the social deficits common to autism, research suggests.
A cross-country move – just when middle school is about to start – can be emotionally draining for most children.
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Professor, Canada Research Chair in Determinants of Child Development, Owerko Centre at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary
Director, Center for Community Child Health Royal Children's Hospital; Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne; Theme Director Population Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Assistant professor, School of Psychology, Scientist, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa