While there are certainly benefits to the use of technology by children, there are also potential drawbacks that must be considered. One of the most significant concerns is the risk of addiction and ...

Source: spass/bigstockphoto What happens when 40 percent of a generation cannot function effectively at school? Signs are emerging that this may happen with the children who were 0 to 6 years old ...

Children begin telling stories as young as age two or three. And they continue to develop storytelling skills in their interaction with parents and others who provide guidance and feedback. For our ...

Program Director, Early Childhood Education, M.Ed. Dr. Mariela Páez is Associate Professor at the Lynch School of Education, Boston College. She has a doctorate in Human Development and Psychology ...

*Julia Irwin, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology, SCSU; senior scientist, Haskins Laboratories *Laura Raynolds, Ph.D., associate professor of special education ...

New research finds screen use can affect cognitive and language development. The digital age has made screens more accessible and portable than ever. Although the full implications of screen time ...

Volunteers with the LiTEArary society read to children who live in "book deserts" and bring them their own books.

There has been a longstanding discussion in the reading wars since the 1950s, when the novel “Why Johnny Can’t Read” ...

Using a longitudinal, UK representative sample from the Millennium Cohort Study, the present study examined longitudinal variations in parent ratings of child social, emotional and behavioural ...

Most children in lower and middle income countries fail basic literacy tests, according to World Bank-backed report ...

Within the United States, education is commonly regarded as an equalizer to opportunity and upward mobility. In reality, there are countless impediments in the system that exclude low-income children ...

Exposure to general anaesthestic up to age four raises the risk of poor child development and reduced literacy and numeracy as measured by school tests, new research reveals. The new finding published ...