Posts Tagged ‘child development’
Society & Culture - Jun 28, 2010 15:16 - 4 Comments
Kids + home computers = lower test scores?
DUKE (US)—Students in grades five through eight, particularly those from disadvantaged families, tend to post lower scores once computers and high-speed Internet service arrive in their home, a new study suggests. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 15, 2010 15:00 - 3 Comments
Local killings affect kids’ reading, test scores
NYU (US)—Children living in areas where homicides are committed have lower reading and verbal test scores, a study shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - May 17, 2010 17:14 - 3 Comments
Urban kids view the world in human terms
NORTHWESTERN (US)—The way children develop reasoning about the natural world is largely influenced by how and where they are raised, a new study finds. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 27, 2010 11:46 - 1 Comment
Structural differences in dyslexic brain
VANDERBILT (US)—Children with dyslexia often struggle with reading, writing, and spelling. A new study suggests the difficulties may be linked to structural differences in the part of their brain known to play a role in oral language. (more…)
Society & Culture - Apr 12, 2010 11:39 - 12 Comments
Deportation hurts young U.S. citizens
UC BERKELEY / UC DAVIS (US)—The United States government deported the lawful immigrant parents of nearly 88,000 citizen children between 1997 and 2007, most for relatively minor crimes, according to a recent report. (more…)
Society & Culture - Apr 5, 2010 11:21 - 7 Comments
Desire for 2 kids is a mostly missed target
DUKE (US)—Most women in the United States expect to have two children. But women with more education tend to have fewer than two while those with less education tend to have more. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 25, 2010 17:54 - 1 Comment
Gestures linked to language development
U. CHICAGO (US)—Children with brain injuries may use gesture to signal they need help in developing language, research shows. The children who make the fewest gestures early in development also develop spoken vocabulary more slowly. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 11, 2010 18:07 - 4 Comments
Knowing their family history helps kids cope
EMORY (US)—Children show higher levels of emotional well-being if they know stories about relatives who came before them. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 11, 2010 12:40 - 0 Comments
Moms don’t need moola to be successful
U. WARWICK (UK)—New research shows that while money can’t buy happiness, a mother who is happy in herself does a better job of parenting, regardless of financial circumstances. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 9, 2010 13:25 - 6 Comments
The sibling side effect of autism
U. OREGON (US)—A new study shows that some siblings of autistic preschoolers show signs of developing hyperactivity. (more…)
Society & Culture - Dec 18, 2009 16:44 - 0 Comments
Orphanages: ‘viable option’ or ‘last resort’?
DUKE (US)—Children in institutional orphanages fare as well or better than those who live in the community, new research shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 23, 2009 14:23 - 2 Comments
Everything about growing up—from A-Z
U. CHICAGO (US)—A group of leading experts has created a reference book featuring the latest information on medical, psychological, educational, and legal issues related to children and their development from birth through adolescence. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 29, 2009 14:04 - 1 Comment
Prenatal tension leaves lasting mark on kids
Five-year-old Sydney Gadol plays with her mother, Nancy, under the watchful eye of Elysia Poggi Davis, who’s studying the effects of prenatal stress on children’s health. (Credit: Hoang Xuan Pham/UC Irvine Communications)
Society & Culture - Jul 23, 2009 5:00 - 0 Comments
Nature? Nurture? Or simply neither?
“This is one attempt at getting the ideas out there and starting a dialogue, continuing to educate the public and the scientific community, especially the younger generation of researchers,” psychologist Mark Blumberg explains. “We know we don’t have a sound bite that’s as clean and simple and sexy as saying ‘it’s genetic.’ But we’re working on it.”
Society & Culture - Jun 23, 2009 16:56 - 0 Comments
Staying together ‘for the kids’ may not be best
CORNELL (US)—While it is true that adolescents tend do better when they live with both parents, if those parents frequently argue, their teenage children are more likely to binge drink and drop out of school. (more…)
