by Catherine Suelo | Feb 5, 2025 | Child Development, Craft & Fun, Helpful Information, Parents
Insights about child development can help parents prioritize what matters most. (Shutterstock) Nina Sokolovic, University of Toronto A recent advisory from the United States Surgeon General has made it clear — parents and caregivers are burned out. In a 2023 poll of...
by Catherine Suelo | Jan 22, 2025 | Child Development, Child Health, Helpful Information, Parents
PickPik, CC BY-SA Ladan Hashemi, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Children with traumatic experiences in their early lives have a higher risk of obesity. But as our new research shows, this risk can be reduced through positive experiences. Childhood...
by Catherine Suelo | Jan 15, 2025 | Child Development, Child Health, Helpful Information, Parents
Hasnuddin/Shutterstock Samuel Forbes, Durham University and Prerna Aneja, University of East Anglia For parents, carers and teachers, it’s often tempting to base our thinking on a child’s development around what we understand as “normal”. Much of the time we do this...
by Catherine Suelo | Dec 18, 2024 | Child Development, Child Health, Craft & Fun, Helpful Information, Parents
‘Who are you calling fake?’ Stokkete Tom Whyman, University of Liverpool I have a vivid memory of the moment I realised Santa didn’t exist. I was around six years old, it was the height of summer, and I was sitting on the step outside our back door, thinking about...
by Catherine Suelo | Dec 14, 2024 | Child Development, Child Health, Helpful Information, Parents
Nobody likes being told what to do, but a parent’s main job is to protect their kids. VioletaStoimenova/E+ via Getty Images Annie Pezalla, Macalester College Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send...
by Catherine Suelo | Dec 11, 2024 | Child Development, Helpful Information, Parents
Dads have stepped up to do more hands-on parenting over the past few decades. Abraham Gonzalez Fernandez/Moment via Getty Images Darby Saxbe, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Parenting makes the heart grow fonder, and the brain grow … smaller?...
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