The region has abandoned plans to remove interactive whiteboards from infant classrooms, citing European funding rules, but will restrict their use to approved educational content. Catalonia has reversed course on a plan to remove interactive screens from early-years classrooms, acknowledging…
The Period of PURPLE Crying can make healthy babies difficult to soothe, but parents should know the warning signs that require urgent medical advice and how to respond safely when frustration sets in. Parents who find themselves pacing the floor…
New California laws will create a voluntary seal for non-ultra-processed products, require warnings on high-sugar drinks and expand healthier children’s meal options. California has pushed ahead with another round of food-law experiments, cementing its role as a national test case…
A review of nearly 16 million people found higher rates of death from suicide, injuries and natural causes among those with ADHD, while researchers stressed that the findings show association rather than proof of causation. A new systematic review in…
Research links higher consumption of ultra-processed food with obesity and chronic disease, but major differences within the category suggest what foods contain may matter more than how they are made. The label “ultra-processed” has become one of nutrition’s most loaded…
A Concordia University-led study suggests that disorganisation and inconsistency at home may shape cortisol regulation and later depression and anxiety symptoms among young people with a family history of bipolar disorder. A childhood home marked by disorganisation and unpredictability may…
A Concordia-led study links low household organisation in childhood to heightened stress-hormone responses and greater depression and anxiety symptoms in early adulthood. A long-running household pattern may shape mental health risk well into early adulthood for the children of parents…
A Concordia University study links low structure and inconsistency at home with heightened stress-hormone responses and later anxiety and depression symptoms among children of parents with bipolar disorder. Children who grow up with a parent who has bipolar disorder may…
A sudden loss of control or velocity may reflect a temporary growth-related change in coordination, but persistent arm pain requires medical assessment. A youth pitcher who suddenly starts missing the strike zone may not have forgotten how to throw. According…
Brainwave findings suggest children with ADHD symptoms may respond more strongly to unexpected sounds in preschool, but less strongly in later childhood. Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder may hear the world differently at different stages of development, according to a study…
