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[Photos] Armed with a radio, Cambodian girl climbs tree to access education
When Cambodian schools closed due to Covid-19, poor internet access and a lack of minority language materials made distance learning in rural communities near impossible. But armed with a simple radio, children are rising above these obstacles to their education.
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‘There is a fear that this will eradicate dwarfism’: the controversy over a new growth drug
A new treatment could help children with achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism, grow taller and avoid health problems in later life. But there are concerns about whether this is ethical
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With remote schooling comes a steep learning curve
I’ve learned that our teachers and school administrators in Brockton are a lot better prepared for online learning than they were back in March. I’ve also learned that for all of their efforts, they’re not quite ready for the challenges of remote schooling. And neither am I.
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Video game loot boxes: another form of gambling?
The government is asking for the public's opinion on the impact of loot boxes.
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Google and Facebook under pressure to ban children's ads
An open letter from academics and politicians also targets Amazon, Apple and Microsoft.
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Not All Childhood Abuse Results in Mental Illness
The link between childhood abuse and mental illness is explored.
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A puppy with a cleft lip is adopted by a boy with a cleft lip: ‘They instantly loved each other’
“He knows that the dog has the same condition as he does," said the boy's mother, Ashley Boyers. "He understands.”
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Active shooter drills are meant to prepare students. But research finds ‘severe’ side effects.
A new report examining nearly 28 million social media posts tied to 114 schools finds higher rates of depression and stress following active shooter drills.
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Teens' anxiety levels dropped in lockdown - study
Researchers found pupils aged 13 and 14 were less anxious during lockdown compared to last year.
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Isolated kids become lonely, unsociable adults: Research suggests social isolation in childhood damages little-known brain circuit that is responsible for regulating social behavior in adulthood - Thriveworks
A new study “A prefrontal-paraventricular thalamus circuit requires juvenile social experience to regulate adult sociability in mice” suggests that social isolation in childhood has a harmful impact on adult brain functioning and more specifically, in an area of the brain that’s responsible for regulating social behavior. In addition to bringing attention to the impact that today’s isolated world might have on children in their adulthood...
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Children in Greener Urban Neighborhoods Have Higher IQs, Study Finds
The latest study to examine the positive impacts of nature on children found that children living in greener urban areas had higher IQs than children living in less green areas. The research, published in PLOS Medicine, looked at 620 children and found those living in urban areas with three percent more greenery scored an average of 2.6 points higher in IQ.
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27 Best Ways To Fix A Sense Of Entitlement
It's so easy to point the finger at others and to judge their sense of entitlement, but recently I did some self-reflection and found I am just as guilty of feeling entitled as the next
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Why Babies Don't Always Remember What They Have Learned
The mood in which a baby is in when it learns new information plays a key role in their ability to recall information.
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Why babies not always remember what they have learned
No one can remember the first years of their life. A study suggests possible reasons.
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Lego piece falls out of New Zealand boy's nose after being stuck for two years
A missing piece of Lego has dropped out of a child’s nose two years after he pushed it up. Seven-year-old Sameer Anwar of Dunedin, in the south of New Zealand, inserted a tiny piece of Lego up his nose in 2018. Sameer’s father, Mudassir, and his wife became alarmed when their son told them he had lost a piece of Lego up his nose, and couldn’t find it.
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23 Best Ways To Make Money As A Kid
When I was a kid, there was always something I wanted to buy. The problem was, I usually had spent all my birthday money and my parents were not in the habit of buying me
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TikTok reportedly has 18 million users who are 14 or younger, renewing concerns for children's safety
Children's privacy laws in the US prohibit apps like TikTok from collecting personal information of children under 13 without parental consent.
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6-Year-Old Child Prodigy Joshua Beckford Is Youngest Ever Oxford University Student
Gaining admission to Oxford, the prestigious British university thought to be better than pretty much every American Ivy League school besides Harvard, is a major achievement at any age. However, the fact that Joshua Beckford attended the school at only 6 years old is absolutely mind-blowing.
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Tips for Ensuring That Your Child Enjoys School - Blogging Passion Corner
Most parents have to struggle to get their children to school each day. Of course, this isn’t exactly a new revelation – it is probably a challenge that your own parents had as well. There…Continue ReadingTips for Ensuring That Your Child Enjoys School
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How Play Energizes Your Kid’s Brain
Scientists have long studied play to gain insights into the developing human mind.
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