There are 70 million Americans with sleep disorders who would like nothing more than to relax at night. Now there’s more reason to keep you up late.
People who sleep fewer than six hours or more than nine hours a night are more likely to have health problems, according to the […]

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Over the last decade or so there has been mounting concern about the effect of television and videos on young children.
A huge increase in television programmes now available which are particularly aimed at young infants has occurred, despite warnings from experts that children younger than 2 years should not watch any television at all.
Along with […]

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Parents are increasingly turning their backs on traditional parents’ evenings and would prefer more informal contact with schools to learn about their children’s progress, research shows.
Rather than an evening a term queueing for a five-minute chat with teachers, parents want more frequent access, or to monitor their children’s progress online, according to research commissioned by […]

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Poorer children are more likely to fail their exams than their richer peers according to new figures, raising fears about increasing inequality in state education.
Britain’s poorest children are at a greater risk of attending a failing school than pupils from the wealthier backgrounds, Government data suggests.
A new analysis of official data by the Conservative party […]

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Study ranked countries based on access to health care, education and economy
Canada ranks 20th out of 146 countries in a survey of the best and worst places to live for mothers and children, according to U.S.-based humanitarian organization Save the Children.
The group issued its ninth annual State of the World’s Mothers report Tuesday, ranking countries […]

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There’s no ignoring that China, with a population exceeding 1 billion people as well as burgeoning economic capabilities, is a force to be reckoned with. Throw in the fact their kids too often score better in math and science than students in the United States and what does not make sense about getting Minnesota and […]

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It’s one of the first things every new parent wants to know: How do I calm my crying baby, especially at bedtime. Many have heard we should just let them “cry it out.” But is that really best for your baby?
“A long-standing myth is the idea that if you pick up a crying child, you […]

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Prolonged, exclusive breastfeeding appears to give children a cognitive advantage over formula-fed kids, increasing IQ by three to four points on average and boosting later academic performance, a Canadian study suggests.
The research by McGill University is not the first to link the method of infant feeding to brain development, but the size and the design […]

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A tide of recent research on early childhood development is inspiring prominent scientists and politicians to argue for an unprecedented investment in schooling that begins virtually at birth.
But as decades of academic studies on brain development start to land in the real world, experts are divided on whether to focus new funding on infants and […]

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Parents have some homework to do, according to new findings presented at the Pediatric American Society meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, this weekend.
The research shows that 31% of U.S. parents know very little about the pace of a typical infant’s development, whether it’s when a child should start talking or begin potty training. The data is […]

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