This article was originally published in Chalkbeat. While older children are showing encouraging signs of academic recovery, younger children are not making that same progress, and are sometimes ...
At first, it was supposed to last just a few weeks. Mayors and superintendents around the country announced schools would shut temporarily to halt the spread of a deadly virus that had officially been ...
School closures are tied to children’s increased mental health problems during the COVID pandemic Kids whose schools reopened sooner had a 43% lower risk of mental health issues Health care spending ...
GEEARS: Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students regularly collects stories and data about the struggles of families with young children. So, we welcomed Maureen Downey’s coverage of a New ...
The prevalence and severity of refractive and corneal astigmatisms increased among children after the COVID-19 pandemic. Previous research has linked the pandemic to increases in myopia progression ...
ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Parents are drinking more at home and in front of their kids due to the COVID-19 pandemic – and some are even allowing kids to drink, too. These striking findings are ...
‘The kids everyone forgot’: The faltering post-pandemic push to reengage teens and young adults not in school, college, or the workforce Lucian O’Donnell sat curled up in the lower bunk in a friend’s ...
Making a memorable Halloween for your kids is still possible this year, despite social distancing rules.
As in-person schooling ground to a halt in 2020, scores of families reported problems with special education services. Kids lost access to the in-person aides who guided them through lessons. IPads ...
The number of U.S. grandparents living with and caring for grandchildren declined in the first part of the 2020s compared to the late 2010s, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released on Thursday.
One Million More U.S. Kids Became Obese During COVID Pandemic By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, Dec. 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Roughly 1 million American kids became obese during the COVID ...