AvatarMargaret GarvinAvatarAvatarThe Worst Age for Divorce For Children Is Older Than You Might ThinkFatherly - Patrick A. ColemanBabies and teens may be able to weather a divorce, but elementary school children need special care when the family breaks down. The worst age for …
AvatarMargaret GarvinAvatarAvatarWhat are the effects of traumatic brain injury in children?Medical News Today - Ana SandoiuTraumatic brain injury in a serious health concern, especially among children and adolescents. New research uncovers the long-term effects of …
AvatarMargaret GarvinAvatarAvatarHow to Talk to Your Children to Discourage Stereotypesverified_publisherLifehacker - Andy OrinHow can modern parents raise the next generation to be free from corrosive gender and racial stereotypes? By the time children start elementary …
AvatarMargaret GarvinFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoPhysically abused kids learn to fail at social rules for successsciencenews.org - alleyPhysical abuse at home doesn’t just leave kids black and blue. It also bruises their ability to learn how to act at school and elsewhere, …
AvatarMargaret GarvinFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoAlmost two-thirds of children worry 'all the time'bbc.co.uk - By Judith BurnsAt nine, Tom was so worried about not being able to do his class work that he kept running out of the school gates. More than once he tried to escape out of a first-floor window, convinced his teacher was criticising him. He is not alone - research among 700 children aged 10 and 11 for the …
AvatarMargaret GarvinAvatarAvatarKids of color 'should be talking about toys,' not politicsverified_publisherCNN - Tanzina VegaJack Dorsey: 'We benefit from immigration' Last weekend, after President Trump announced an executive order banning foreign nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States, Senait Admassu's seven-year-old nephew made a startling announcement. "I'm not American. I will …
AvatarMargaret GarvinFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoWe're Killing Our Kids and Calling it Loveforeverymom.comWhen I was growing up, one of the worst insults that could be hurled at a child (or his parents) was that he was a spoiled brat. It was a phrase that …
AvatarMargaret GarvinAvatarAvatarChildren Run Terrified After Airstrikes Hit Syrian SchoolNBC News - NBCNews.comVideo purports to show the aftermath of an attack on a rebel-held area of eastern Damascus, just hours before a ceasefire was due to come into effect.Dec. 29, 2016
AvatarMargaret GarvinFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoChild abuse 'affects health decades later'bbc.co.uk - By Hannah RichardsonPeople who were maltreated as children are more likely to have poor health and living standards decades later, a study suggests. The researchers tracked 8,076 people born in 1958 until the age of 50. Those who had been abused were 70% more likely to have long-term illnesses and to not own their homes …
AvatarMargaret GarvinFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoBully in the next bedroom - are we in denial about sibling aggression?bbc.co.uk - By William KremerSiblings routinely pick on one another, but when does bickering become bullying - and what can parents do about it? Sibling relationships can be difficult, and never more so than in childhood. But society often regards the scrapping and squabbling, the play fighting and not-so-playful fighting as a …
AvatarMargaret GarvinFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoWhy babies all over the world are now sleeping in boxesbbc.co.uk - By Vanessa BarfordNearly three years ago, the Magazine reported on the Finnish baby box - a starter kit of clothes, sheets and toys the state gives to expectant mothers. The story went viral and was read by 10 million people in 18 months. Now the box idea itself is spreading around the world. It's a tradition that …