Category: Health & Well-being
Boys who play video games have a lower depression risk
Different types of screen time can positively or negatively influence young people’s mental health.
Engaged dads can reduce adolescent behavioural problems & improve well-being
Researchers urge to increase the opportunities for men to engage with their children to improve their well-being.
Stay in touch with your emotions to reduce pandemic-induced stress
Managing stress during the pandemic
Teens diagnosed with depression show reduction in educational achievement
Loss of potential: teens diagnosed with depression show reduction in educational achievement from primary school to GCSE
Childhood connection to nature has many benefits but is not universally positive
A review finds a connection to nature is complex, as well as positive emotions, it can generate negative emotions linked to issues like climate change
Expand school digital literacy lessons to cover health technologies used by young people
Young people are accessing digital health technologies from a very young age. What are the implications?
Children who have difficult relationships with their mothers are clingy towards teachers
USA based researchers found that these children are prone to being anxious, withdrawn, and overly shy.
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,.
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