Parents spend the first 18 years of their kids' lives keeping them safe and meeting their daily needs. Ideally, they slowly wean them off of this protection, teaching them a few key life skills before ...

Self-care is the practice of taking care of your emotional well-being, and it’s not something most kids think about too much. But, just like adults, kids can get stressed. And they don’t always have ...

Children’s executive function skills need to play a game of catch-up, concludes a new research study. The study puts the blame on the pandemic, when those skills grew at a lower rate than is ...

Across Africa and beyond, education systems are shifting to curricula designed to build critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Competency-based curricula put learners at the center. They are ...

Motor skills are foundational for a lifetime of movement. For children, they play a vital role not only in facilitating physical activity levels but also for cognitive and socio-emotional development ...

Uncontrolled hypertension disproportionately affects populations that have substantial health disparities. Data regarding the effectiveness and implementation of multifaceted, team-based strategies ...

Autistic children are 160 times more likely to drown than their neurotypical peers, highlighting the importance of providing water safety lessons tailored to their needs. FIU researchers Tana Carson ...

The “science of reading” movement has shifted early reading practices across the country, with more than 40 states mandating that schools explicitly teach beginning readers how to decode words. So why ...

This week, Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Kathleen Head about strategies and tips to help prevent obesity in children. Dr. Head is an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, and ...

Stanford Professor Rebecca Silverman discusses a transformative movement backed by research that is changing literacy instruction in schools nationwide. After decades of debate over the most effective ...