The UAE has revised its national immunisation programme, offering free vaccines from birth to 18 years, including new schedules and booster shots, to strengthen disease prevention and streamline access for families. For parents in the UAE, childhood immunisation is not…
Parents are encouraged to focus on simple, balanced meals for schoolchildren, prioritising cost-effective, nutritious options over trendy or heavily processed snacks. Experts highlight the importance of core food groups and the reuse of leftovers to promote healthier, sustainable eating habits.…
New survey findings reveal rising rates of wasting and underweight among children under five in Odisha, highlighting urgent need for targeted health interventions amid mixed progress on stunting reduction. Odisha’s child nutrition picture has taken a worrying turn, with fresh…
Emerging studies reveal that children’s play with blocks advances spatial reasoning, geometry, measurement, and problem-solving, highlighting its vital role in early education. Children do far more than pile up toy bricks when they build with blocks. They compare sizes, judge…
Researchers are transforming video games from sources of concern into innovative tools for supporting adolescent mental health, leveraging AI and virtual reality for personalised care and emotional resilience. Video games are moving from a source of parental concern to a…
A brief online programme led by parents has demonstrated significant short-term reductions in children’s screen use and parental stress, offering a potential scalable approach to managing digital media issues among families. A brief, parent-led online programme may help families cut…
Parents play a vital role in supporting teens through stress by fostering resilience with simple, consistent strategies such as active listening, routine, and modelling healthy coping skills, as new guidance highlights the importance of small, regular efforts. Parents often want…
Studies reveal that even fleeting exposure to background TV can diminish young children’s play, focus, and parent-child engagement, raising concerns about longstanding effects and household habits. Many households once left the television running as a kind of domestic wallpaper: not…
Recent research indicates that background TV can disrupt young children’s play and conversation, altering their immediate environment, though its lasting impact on attention spans is still debated. A television left running in the background may not hold a young child’s…
A comprehensive study of over 1,400 children with fragile X syndrome reveals that sensory difficulties underpin multiple behavioural concerns, offering new targets for intervention and earlier diagnosis. A new analysis of the largest clinic-based study of fragile X syndrome has…
