A new study shows how front yards can serve as windows into the inner lives of their residents – and their feelings about their home, neighborhood and city.

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Play-based learning may also have a more positive effect on younger children’s acquisition of important early maths skills compared with traditional, direct

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Here are four ways adults can help kids work through their worries about the environment.