When Things Aren’t OK With a Child’s Mental Health
Last week, to write about the risks of summer — the recurring safety issues of children being out in the sun, or near the water,...
Tag : Children and Childhood
Why Parents Should Pause Before Oversharing Online
As a mother of three, a photographer and a children’s rights lawyer, my roles as memory keeper and memory revealer are constantly in flux. I...
Is Your Child an Orchid, a Tulip or a Dandelion?
The new mother from a rural area near Burlington, Vt., noticed that her toddler’s behavior didn’t seem to fit the descriptions in the child-rearing books...
When Schools Reopened in Germany, ‘We Swallowed Our Misgivings’
BERLIN — The news that children in Berlin would return to classrooms last spring caught me and my husband by surprise. Like parents across the...
New York Is Positioned to Reopen Schools Safely, Health Experts Say
New York State, the center of the worst coronavirus outbreak in the world four months ago, is now one of the few places in the...
How to Proactively Prepare for Distance Learning
ImageCredit…Rose Wong Normally we rely on teachers and counselors or coaches and people in our communities to help us spot problems, then identify solutions. We...
Why Are Child Care Programs Open When Schools Are Not?
Although school buildings in Philadelphia will remain closed this fall, St. Mary’s Nursery School, a secular child care center founded in 1964, will remain open....
The United States Is Reopening Many of the Wrong Schools
With coronavirus cases spiking in dozens of states, the prospect of anything resembling a normal school year is fading fast. Schools can’t safely reopen if...
A Visit to 5 of Patagonia’s Most Remote Schoolhouses
At the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, with travel restrictions in place worldwide, we launched a new series — The World Through a Lens —...
Gut Microbes Might Keep Malnourished Children From Growing
Long-term malnutrition might at first seem like a medical condition with an easy fix: access to a wholesome diet rich in calories and nutrients. But...