The Yale emotional-intelligence expert argues that naming feelings is only the first step: children and adults also need to learn how to respond, recover and repair. Marc Brackett has built a career around a simple but stubborn idea: emotions shape…
Paediatric specialists warn that popular home remedies including honey, gripe water and vigorous oil massages may expose newborns to avoidable risks. Television actor Nakuul Mehta has drawn attention to a set of long-standing newborn care habits that many Indian families…
A simple soundboard, a short script and a few homemade effects can help children understand how voices, silence and timing bring stories to life. A creak of a door can do more for a child’s imagination than a page of…
A Boston Children’s Hospital psychiatrist says costumes, make-believe scares and trick-or-treating can help children practise emotional resilience , if they remain in control. Halloween can be more than a night of costumes and sweets, according to a Boston Children’s Hospital…
A modelling study suggests that replacing universal birth-dose hepatitis B vaccination in the US with delayed or shared decision-making policies could leave millions of children vulnerable and increase chronic infections. A modelling study published in Annals of Internal Medicine suggests…
A nutrition specialist has rejected claims that Greek yoghurt harms children’s kidneys and warned against applying fasting trends to young people, urging parents to prioritise plain foods, regular meals and variety. Parents trying to make sense of children’s nutrition online…
A model commissioned by Amy’s Kitchen estimates that Americans eating the most ultra-processed food could lose almost 10 months of life and incur substantially higher lifetime costs, though most of the headline figure reflects a monetised value of lost longevity…
Experts advise parents to put away the tactical debrief after a children’s football match and first make space for how the player actually feels. After a youth soccer game, the most useful thing a parent can say is often the…
The CDC now says parents and clinicians can decide whether babies born to mothers who test negative for hepatitis B should receive the vaccine at birth, while immediate vaccination remains recommended when infection is confirmed or status is unknown. Hepatitis…
Club fees, equipment, travel and tournament costs can push annual spending above €1,000 per child, raising concerns that organised sport is becoming a privilege rather than an everyday activity. For many families, youth sport in Greece is becoming a significant…
