All animals grow up and leave the nest. They go through their playful phase, practice adulthood, and then are on their own. Human children just play longer and their parents worry more. When children are ready for college, parents want that last time at home to […]
It’s an age-old problem: kids not eating their vegetables. Nine out of 10 children still don’t eat enough vegetables, according to the CDC.
In an effort to try to fix the problem the government updated its nutrition standards for the National School Lunch Program […]
We know exercise benefits children’s growing bodies. But a study originally published in 2014 finds that exercise may help children’s minds too.
Researchers randomly assigned 221 children, aged 7 to 9, to either an after-school program with plenty of physical activity or a wait-list […]
The first national survey of children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), published in the Journal of Pediatrics in 2015, shows that nearly half of pre-schoolers are on medication for the condition, and more than a fifth are receiving neither of the recommended therapies. […]
“It’s the kind of play we all remember from childhood — climbing trees, riding your bike fast, roaming the neighborhood with no direct adult supervision,” explained lead researcher Mariana Brussoni, an assistant professor at the University of British Columbia’s School of Population […]