CDC Fall celebrations like Halloween and Harvest Day are fun times for children, who can dress up in costumes, enjoy parties, and eat yummy treats. These celebrations also provide a chance to give out healthy snacks, get physical activity, and […]
Alex A. Kecskes, Care 2 Before you put on that fake blood, pale green face paint, or facial glitter glue for that big Halloween party, you might want to read the ingredients list. Joel Schlessinger, a board-certified dermatologist, recently pointed […]
Madeline Kennedy, Reuters Many mothers are more willing to recognize their own obesity than to see it in their child, which could hinder the child from getting help to lose weight, researchers say. The study team in Ireland analyzed data […]
Rebecca Adams, Huffington Post Academic studies can be fascinating … and totally confusing. So we decided to strip away all of the scientific jargon and break them down for you. The Background American kids have customarily started kindergarten at the age of […]
Susan Fishman, Chicago Tribune Snapping green beans over the kitchen island, my 9-year-old and I were chatting about everything and nothing when she looked up and said, “Mom, I really wish you wouldn’t talk about me to your friends.” I […]
Carey Wallace, Time Apart from talking about that guy from The Apprentice Presidential candidates for the 2016 election have already begun to dominate recent news cycles, which may lead kids to ask questions about the American electoral system. Or it […]
Tania Lombrozo, NPR Childhood is a time for pretend play, imaginary friends and fantastical creatures. Flying ponies reliably beat documentaries with the preschool set. Yet adults are no strangers to fiction. We love movies and novels, poems and plays. We […]
Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post Nancie Atwell is the renowned founder of the Center for Teaching and Learning, an award-winning non-profit independent K-8 demonstration school in Edgecomb, Maine, where she teaches seventh- and eighth-grade writing, reading and history. She is […]
Maureen Pao, NPR Good news for “mean” moms and dads out there: Nearly 8 out of 10 kids say they think discipline helps them behave better, a survey by children’s magazine Highlights has found. And 60 percent give participation trophies […]
Naomi Schaefer Riley, New York Post “In a world where ‘screen time’ is becoming simply ‘time,’ our policies must evolve or become obsolete.” That was the American Academy of Pediatrics folding like a cheap suit. The AAP had previously recommended […]
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