Neuroscience
What nap times reveal about your child's brain development
Infants who nap a lot have smaller vocabularies and poorer cognitive skills—according to new research from the University of East Anglia.
Jul 27, 2023
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News tagged with time outdoors
Pediatrics
Getting kids outdoors can reduce the negative effects of screen time
If you have young children, you're likely worried about how much time they spend staring at a screen, be it a tablet, phone, computer, or television. You probably also want to know how screen time affects your child's development ...
Jan 23, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study: Children's screen time surged during pandemic
Children have been spending almost triple the recommended amount of screen time during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new Western-led study.
Oct 21, 2021
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Ophthalmology
Increasing screen time during COVID-19 could be harmful to kids' eyesight
The coronavirus pandemic is remaking the way children learn, and it could have an impact on their eyes.
May 21, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Modern life offers children almost everything they need, except daylight
The debate about the volume of homework that children are being given has been bouncing around the opinion pages of broadsheets and red tops in recent weeks after Gary Lineker tweeted that it was "a waste of time". As names ...
Nov 12, 2018
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Health
Being in nature is good for learning—here's how to get kids outside
Contrary to the belief we Aussies are a nature-loving outdoor nation, research suggests we're spending less and less time outdoors. This worrying trend is also becoming increasingly apparent in our educational settings.
Oct 26, 2018
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Health
Modern conflict: Screen time vs. nature
Even rural kids today spend more time in front of screens and less time outdoors, according to a new study of middle-school students in South Carolina.
Oct 22, 2018
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Ophthalmology
Why your kids might be able to see better if they play outdoors more often
The ready availability of technology may make the children of today faster at configuring a new smartphone, but does all of that screen time affect the development of their eyes?
Sep 26, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
In US, spread of Zika linked to time outdoors
When Zika first buzzed into the continental United States during the 2016 outbreak, Florida was hit first—and hardest—with 1,174 documented cases to date. So, when Marco Ajelli, associate research scientist at Northeastern ...
Sep 14, 2017
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Pediatrics
How to keep your kids out of the ER this summer
(HealthDay)—Make sure safety is part of kids' summer fun.
Jul 5, 2017
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