children

green spaces

Want More Attentive Kids? Get Them to the Green Spaces

31/10/2017

Living close to green spaces is associated with better attention in children ...

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How We Push Clever Kids to Cheat

14/09/2017

Kids praised for being smart are more likely to cheat, new studies find ...

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parenting, mum-shaming

Mum-Shaming: Who does it most (and does it have any effect)?

23/06/2017

Advice or abuse? Giving opinions on mothers' parenting skills can have unintended consequences...

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Born to Love Heroes? Fairness, Justice, and Children

12/04/2017

Japanese research into the roots of justice may contain hints for solving social ills...

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liquorice

Pregnant? Avoid Liquorice.

06/02/2017

Liquorice can have long-term harmful effects on foetal development...

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good dads

Good Dads Make Happy Kids (and they don’t even need to clean up)

24/11/2016

How new fathers see themselves in child's early years seems to be most influential on kids' later life...

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Motocross Kids Get Injured Often – End This Madness!

22/10/2016

Study finds youth motocross racing injuries severe despite required safety gear ...

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chipmunk, physical activity guidelines

Parents’ Terror at Physical Activity Guidelines for Kids

14/09/2016

Many parents lack the confidence to get their kids to exercise ...

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The Right Kind of Screen Zombie: iPads For Child Sedation

31/08/2016

iPads are as effective as sedatives for children before operations ...

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Absolut-ly Shocking. Children, and the Impact of Alcohol Advertising

20/05/2016

Middle-school kids see several alcohol ads a day ...

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pouting baby

Sick of Screen Time Tantrums? Blame the Gadget

08/05/2016

Two-minute warnings make kids' 'screen time' tantrums worse ...

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Return of the Little Matchgirl: How Tory Cuts Will Affect Children’s Health

15/10/2015

Poor children will be hit hardest by government welfare cuts, warn experts ...

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dictionary

Smartmouthed Kids get the Grades: Vocabulary & Academic Achievement

23/08/2015

Two-year-old children with larger oral vocabularies enter U.S. kindergarten classrooms better at reading and mathematics...

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toddler tv

Too Much Telly Gets Your Toddler… Bullied?!

19/07/2015

The toddler 's TV watching habits were reported by their parents and their victimization in grade 6 was self-reported by the children themselves....

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smartphone feature-by-Thom-Weerd

Child Safety? There’s an App for That

29/04/2015

Health professionals can and should unite with industry to optimize children's already frequent use of mobile devices to help promote their health and well-being...

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Piling it On : Television and Obese Children

27/04/2015

Kindergartners and first-graders who watched as little as one hour of television a day were more likely to be overweight or obese ...

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Trampoline kid by Sean Keenan

Kids’ Play Needs No Goals

23/09/2014

Children's perspectives are rarely taken into account within public health, although they have social and scientific value....

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Pregnant Woman

For Sale: Future Trophy Wife

06/12/2010

Parents to clamp down on the sexy child market. The UK Government is setting up a governing body to assess and prevent over-sexualisation of children in marketing, advertising and product sales....

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