Social media and teen mental health: confusing correlation with causation Rather than urging parents and teachers to ban social media use, we should focus on providing young people with the support they need by Kathryn Bates / November 8, 2019
Assessing social and emotional learning at school is crucial but tricky A novel app can provide teachers with information to guide instruction, set personalized student goals, and give parents meaningful feedback by Jelena Obradović / October 25, 2019
Mindfulness in schools: Is it overrated? Scientific evidence mitigates the effectiveness of mindfulness interventions by Jessica Massonnié / October 21, 2019
Do trees make children smarter? It’s complicated. A new paper suggests the relationship between greenery and cognitive development may not be as straightforward as previously thought by Dwyer Gunn / September 30, 2019
Once a bully, always a bully? Investigating whether and how the roles of bully and victim change during adolescence by Laura A. Long and Meeri Kim / September 16, 2019
Do the children of older parents have more behavior problems? New research suggests this is not the case by Mariëlle Zondervan-Zwijnenburg / September 5, 2019
The mystery of childhood mental health Neurobiologist Michael Meaney explains why he is determined to discover how early circumstances might dictate children’s mental health Interview by Helena Pozniak / August 12, 2019
Screen time as story time: Using media with your child Parents can support children’s engagement with media by talking with them about the content by Kate Galvin and Rebecca Dore / May 31, 2019
Technology to help combat loneliness and isolation Lana Yarosh is developing augmented reality solutions to facilitate interactions when families are separated Interview by Sabine Gysi / May 2, 2019
Identifying risk instead of failure Reading impairments: Moving from a deficit-driven to a preventive model by Nadine Gaab / April 3, 2019
“Nutrition affects a child’s brain development and brain plasticity” How does diet affect the development of a child? Martina Frank explains why it is important to raise children’s awareness of healthy food Interview by Zoe Bozzolan-Kenworthy / March 25, 2019
Inequality is today’s greatest challenge to fostering learning Structural inequality should factor into our interpretations of the influence of the environment on development by Rebecca Merkley / March 13, 2019
