Children and Childhood Archives

E.P.A. Rejects Its Own Findings That a Pesticide Harms Childrens’ Brains

InterNewsCast23rd September 2020

by InterNewsCast23rd September 202004

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has rejected scientific evidence linking the pesticide chlorpyrifos to serious health problems, directly contradicting federal scientists’ conclusions five years ago...

How to Protect Children from Wildfire Smoke

InterNewsCast23rd September 2020

by InterNewsCast23rd September 202006

Megafires are prompting a lockdown within a lockdown for millions of American children, as parents who have already curbed social activities in light of the...

How to Help Parents Who Are Struggling to Provide for Their Kids

InterNewsCast22nd September 2020

by InterNewsCast22nd September 2020047

Recent disasters — parts of the country are being swallowed by flames or flooded by hurricanes — only intensify the need for help. You may...

The Brain Test You Want Your Kid to Fail

InterNewsCast21st September 2020

by InterNewsCast21st September 202002

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Finally, Some Students Will Return to New York City’s Classrooms

InterNewsCast21st September 2020

by InterNewsCast21st September 202005

One principal in Brooklyn has pinned pink heart balloons to the school’s front door to welcome about 50 pre-K children who are expected to arrive...

How One District Got Its Students Back Into Classrooms

InterNewsCast20th September 2020

by InterNewsCast20th September 202004

When schools shuttered in March, David Miyashiro, the superintendent of the Cajon Valley Union School District, immediately started connecting with families and teachers. During hundreds...

‘This Does Not Look Good for Children’: Fires Pose Risk to Young Lungs

InterNewsCast18th September 2020

by InterNewsCast18th September 202008

SAN FRANCISCO — Ian MacDonald, a 14-year-old in Portland, Ore., got a treat from his parents the other day. He was allowed to go outside....

As School Returns, Kids With Special Needs Are Left Behind

InterNewsCast18th September 2020

by InterNewsCast18th September 202006

This past summer, Ashley Garan was consumed with worry about her 9-year-old son, Max, who has severe autism. For the last four years, Max attended...

QAnon, Instagram Blackouts: Misinformation is ‘Its Own Pandemic’ Among Parents

InterNewsCast17th September 2020

by InterNewsCast17th September 2020011

In January 2019, Scott Wiener, a California State Senator, introduced what he thought was an L.G.B.T.Q. Civil Rights Bill. At the time, California law gave...

How to Tame Your Snack Monster

InterNewsCast17th September 2020

by InterNewsCast17th September 202003

At some point over the summer, my 2-year-old started demanding a snack every day, at around 9 a.m. Despite the predictability of this request, it...