School gardens can nudge kids to eat their veggies

Getting kids to eat their vegetables can seem like an insurmountable task. School gardens and lessons about how they grow can help.

Esther Robards-Forbes - UT Austin • futurity
Feb. 8, 2021 ~4 min

Flu shot lessens risk for COVID symptoms in kids

Children who receive a seasonal flu shot are less likely to suffer symptoms from a COVID-19 infection, according to a new study.

Eric Maze-Missouri • futurity
Feb. 5, 2021 ~3 min


Touchscreens may make toddlers more distractible – new three-year study

Young children may find it harder to control their attention if they use touchscreens regularly.

Tim J. Smith, Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London • conversation
Feb. 1, 2021 ~7 min

10 parenting strategies to reduce your kids' pandemic stress

Parents can take a page from psychological research on trauma and recovery to help kids struggling with pandemic life.

Jennifer Hays-Grudo, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Oklahoma State University • conversation
Jan. 29, 2021 ~9 min

Fighting poverty reduces child neglect cases

Boosting an anti-poverty measure called the Earned Income Tax Credit can reduce cases of child neglect, new research finds.

Kim Eckart-Washington • futurity
Jan. 27, 2021 ~8 min

Fighting poverty reduces child neglect cases

Boosting an anti-poverty measure called the Earned Income Tax Credit can reduce cases of child neglect, new research finds.

Kim Eckart-Washington • futurity
Jan. 27, 2021 ~8 min

Experts: Don’t restrict parent visits to child’s hospital bedside

Parents of children in the hospital are "essential caregivers" and should not be subject to visitation restrictions, researchers argue in a new paper.

Laura Bailey-Michigan • futurity
Jan. 25, 2021 ~7 min

Remediation gets the lead out of soil, but not kids

A relatively affordable remediation process can remove lead from unregulated battery recycling, but isn't as good at getting it out of children's bodies.

Rob Jordan-Stanford • futurity
Jan. 15, 2021 ~9 min


Many summer camps don’t require immunizations

Most children need to provide immunization records to attend school, but many summer camps, which draw in 14 million children a year, don't require them.

Beata Mostafavi-Michigan • futurity
Jan. 14, 2021 ~4 min

High insulin levels during childhood a risk for mental health problems later in life, study suggests

Researchers have shown that the link between physical and mental illness is closer than previously thought. Certain changes in physical health, which are

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Jan. 13, 2021 ~6 min

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