Caregiver smartphone use can affect a baby's development; new parents should receive more guidance
We already know excessive smartphone use affects people's mental health and their relationships.
Dec 9, 2025
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Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms: News and Research on Child Development
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B.C. kindergarteners' health declines post-COVID, research shows
More than one in three kindergarten children in B.C. are entering school with challenges in one or more core areas of development—a rate higher than ever recorded in the province, according to new research from the Human ...
Nov 26, 2025
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National poll: 1 in 10 young children play outdoors as little as once a week
The physical and mental health benefits of outdoor play are well established, but one in 10 parents of preschoolers and toddlers say their child plays outside just once a week or less.
Oct 20, 2025
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Learning a foreign language—before you're born
Can your brain attune itself to a foreign language before you're born? A UdeM-led team of neuropsychology researchers has found that it can. A few weeks of prenatal exposure to a new language is enough to rewire the language ...
Oct 6, 2025
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PFAS presence confirmed in blood of children in northern Spain
An EHU study has concluded that the levels of PFAS chemicals found do not pose a serious health risk, but it warns of the need to bolster monitoring. The study is published in the journal Environmental Research.
Sep 15, 2025
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How to weigh the risks and benefits of kids' play environments
A new research-backed tool aims to revolutionize how playgrounds and outdoor learning environments are assessed, by recognizing that some risk can be good for a child's development.
Sep 15, 2025
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Children under three can learn new words even when speakers wear masks
A research team from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and the University of Grenoble Alpes—Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) has shown that from the age of two, children can learn new words even ...
Jul 7, 2025
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Screen time may slow learning skills, study finds
Screens are a part of daily life for many families—but too much screen time in the early years could slow a child's language development, a new study suggests.
Jul 7, 2025
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Dad's mental health linked to kid's well-being
Dads with poor mental health may be impacting the development of their kids, with Australian research linking mental distress in fathers to poorer social-emotional, cognitive, language, and physical development in their kids. ...
Jun 16, 2025
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Baby talk is real: Adults speak differently to babies in at least 10 different languages
There are many factors that contribute to infant language development, not least of which is baby talk—the modified speech mothers and other adults often use when speaking to infants.
Jun 10, 2025
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