Breastmilk feeding can improve brain development in premature infants
It is known that breastmilk can bring many health benefits to babies. It can help baby fight off viruses and bacteria, lower the risk...
Challenging your kids can reduce their anxiety, says study
It is assumed that 5% of children and adolescents suffer anxiety. Anxiety symptoms can start early in childhood, sometimes as early as 2-3 years...
A healthy diet may improve children’s reading skills, says study
Good eating habits are very important for children’s health and development. Recently, a study shows that diet quality is related to academic achievement. In...
Good and bad factors that can influence adolescent sleep
Sleep is very important for adolescents’ health. Sleep of 7 hours or longer can improve their learning ability, memory of new knowledge, and reduce...
Breast milk sugar helps protect babies from Group B strep infection
Group B strep (GBS) are bacteria found normally in vagina, intestine and rectal area in about 33% of healthy pregnant women. Most pregnant women...
Mothers’ parenting stress can predict children’s academic performance at kindergarten entry
For children to succeed when they reach kindergarten, they must be ready for the demands of a school day.
For example, they need to follow...
How family stress affects child development
Family stress, such as financial problems, can strongly influence children’s physical, cognitive, and social-emotional development.
Therefore, it is important to understand how this happens and...
Children can learn problem-solving skills with iPad
Nowadays touchscreen devices like iPad and tablets are quite popular in children.
One question is when using an iPad, can they learn problem-solving skills besides...
How an afternoon nap can boost your language learning
One important part of language learning is to make associations among new words. This requires consolidation, a process can strengthen memories and make them...
Bad boys, good girls? Parents do not discipline their sons and daughters differently
In both science and society, it is debated how much parents contribute to gender differences in the behavior of their children.
Are boys for example...