Term has many and varied definitions depending on context, but is generally accepted as the period in life between birth and puberty, although this can be argued. Can also refer to offspring at any stage in life.
Questions tagged [children]
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Are children raised in single parent households more prone to sexual abuse?
This article in the Catholic Education Resource Center claims
In the United States, the media and opinion makers have finally come to recognize that unwed pregnancy is a major source of social chaos in our culture. Every few weeks, some columnist…
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Is there a link between mercury poisoning and attention deficits in children?
From the campaign biography of Dr. Jill Stein, U.S. 2012 presidential candidate for the Green Party:
[Jill] played a key role in the effort to get the Massachusetts fish advisories updated to better protect women and children from mercury…
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Are television programs designed for small children detrimental to their development?
I've heard that television (any program, including those designed for small children (Dora, recent Mickey Mouse, Bubble Guppies) is bad for the development of children, as it damages their ability to learn and retain concepts being taught to them.…
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Does a Portland Public Schools curriculum teach K-5 students to subvert “white colonizers”' sexuality and explore “the infinite gender spectrum”?
A recent article by [conservative activist] Christopher Rufo in City Journal, also cited at various places around the Internet such as The Daily Caller and Why Evolution is True, claims that:
Portland Public Schools has launched a war against the…
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How necessary is crawling for proper childhood development?
I thought about posting this at parenting.SE and might cross-link to it, but for now I see it as somewhat of a claim that's tossed around and in the same bucket as some others (like not standing too close to a microwave). In any case, my parents…
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Do lullabies help children fall asleep?
Singing of a lullaby is commonly depicted as a good way to put a baby to sleep.
Wikipedia follows this trend:
The purposes of lullabies vary. [...] Perhaps one of the most important uses of lullabies is as a sleep aid for infants.
I want to know…
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Does a child die from malaria every two minutes?
A child dies from malaria every two minutes.
-- CNN article on Faso Soap
This doesn't sound right to me. I know Africa (the main location of malaria) is a big and populous place, but this seems too much. Is it true that a child dies from malaria…
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Do nightlights during childhood cause myopia later in life?
I've heard this claim many times, including this CNN report from 1999 which claims that "Night-light may lead to nearsightedness".
From the article:
...research in chicks [demonstrated] that the relative proportions of light and dark during the…
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Do frank (but not gratuitous) discussions or depictions of sexuality traumatize children?
I've heard many parents, on several occasions, make statements to the effect that they believe it to be harmful to discuss sexuality openly and directly with young children (I'm talking about kids aged 5-10 or so). Movies and TV shows with sex…
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Are there banned words in New York standarized tests?
I just came across a random post on a random news blog saying that several words were banned from New York's standardized tests. This included common words, such as Christmas, dinosaurs, birthdays.
I really disbelieved of this so I made a quick…
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Does counting with fingers diminish the ability to work with numbers in the future for children?
There is a belief that says children who count with the aid of their fingers will be prone to having problems in math in the later years to come.
Is this belief true?
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Did some Liberian child soldiers have to gun down their parents in order to prove their loyalty to Charles Taylor?
Pro Publica writes about the Liberian civil war:
Taylor commanded a pauper’s army that grew to thousands, led by a handful of trusted lieutenants, Libyan-trained mercenaries and professional military men.
Among the most notorious recruits were the…
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Is it dangerous to give cow's milk to a baby before their first birthday?
There's a common belief that it's "dangerous" to give cow's milk to a baby before he or she is 12 months old.
Numerous sites say to avoid giving cow's milk to babies under 12 months, however, they vary greatly in their reasoning. Some sites cite the…
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Does clapping children on the back in certain positions help clear mucus from their lungs?
Chest Physical Therapy (CPT) is the practice of clapping children on the back to clear mucus out of the lungs.
FairView (a Minnesotan non-profit health site) recommends it for chest infections.
Chest physical therapy (CPT) is a method for clearing…
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Do video games lead to increased depression, anxiety and aggression?
Nicholas Kardaras is a addiction expert who was a professor at Stony Brook Medicine. In his 2016 NY Post article he claims that screen time is extremely harmful to children. The article intermingles anecdotes, expert opinions and references to…
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