Author: Editor
Connectedness to nature makes children happier
This connection causes children to display more sustainable behaviours, which in turn gives them greater levels of happiness
Getting children to eat their greens? Both parents need to set an example
A positive example set by both the mother and the father promotes the consumption of.
Love matters: How parents’ love shapes children’s lives
Parents often put their own relationship on the back burner to concentrate on their children,.
Having fewer children reduced the education gap in China
Study finds women got more schooling, delayed parenthood
Teacher race and gender bias: Perceptions of students’ approach to learning affects grades
Researchers in the USA look at how racial bias can impact on teaching.
Sitting still linked to increased risk of depression in adolescents
Young people who are inactive for large proportions of the day throughout adolescence face a greater risk of depression by age 18
Short, intensive training improves children’s health
Short periods of intensive training motivates them to exercise, researchers claim.
Children’s mental health is effected by sleep duration
Important associations identified between sleep duration in children, brain structure, and cognitive and mental health measures.
Brain networks come ‘online’ during adolescence to prepare teenagers for adult life
How different regions of the brain ‘talk’ to each other – changes in two main ways during adolescence.
Early-life screen time linked to reduced physical activity in preschool children
From: The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health