by Johanna M. Hoch, University of Kentucky Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Participating in sports can be beneficial for children’s physical and mental health, as well as a huge part of their social life. However, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, emergency departments in the U.S. treat nearly 3 million youth sports injuries...
If Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has left your children confused and frightened, there are several ways to help them feel more secure, a psychologist says. First and foremost: Talk to your kids, and be honest, said Christopher Lynch, director of Pediatric Behavioral Medicine for Goryeb Children’s Hospital in Morristown, N.J. Kids can often tell when parents...
by San Diego State University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Young children touch everything—carpets, tabletops, toys, clothes, etc.—and then touch their mouths and faces. This makes them especially vulnerable to thirdhand smoke, the chemical residue from tobacco smoke left behind in dust and on surfaces after someone smokes or vapes. Educating parents and other family members...
by Jonathan S. Comer, Anthony Steven Dick, The Conversation When disasters strike, the flood of images on TV and social media can have a powerful psychological impact on children—whether those children are physically in the line of danger or watching from thousands of miles away. Our latest research uses brain scans to show how simply watching...
New U.S. data based on nearly 9 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine delivered to kids ages 5 to 11 shows no major safety issues, according to researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The vaccine was first authorized for use in this age group in October. Now the new study...
by Northwestern University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Why do so many children with autism often suffer from epilepsy? Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered an important brain protein that quiets overactive brain cells and is at abnormally low levels in children with autism. This protein can be detected in the cerebrospinal fluid, making it a promising marker...
by Gillian Rutherford, University of Alberta Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Ever since Canada approved the child-sized Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 and started to distribute nearly three million doses, some parents have jumped at the chance to get their kids vaccinated, while others still have questions. “Even before it was approved, about 50 percent of parents...
Earlier this month, the US government recommended that children aged 5 to 11 get the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Many parents had been waiting for this announcement since the beginning of the pandemic, but an authorization comes with its own challenges. Among those is helping kids in that age group understand the need for a vaccine. While there’s no...
By Jason Keil The ride home from school can feel like a battle of wills with my oldest son. When I start the car, he’s a bundle of ecstatic energy. But when I begin asking him about his day, his smile vanishes, and he locks his mouth up like a safe. The remainder of the...
By Erika Check Hayden June 3, 2021 Amber Freed looks through photo prints of her son, Maxwell, in her home office in Frisco, Texas. She and other parents are funding a clinical trial to investigate whether a pricey drug can help their children with a rare form of epilepsy. Freed mails the prints out to supporters and...
