Tag: children
Why are kids asking such big questions during the pandemic?
Jana Mohr Lone, University of Washington
Why do people have to die?
Are mistakes always bad?
Can you be happy and sad at the same time?
Kids often...
The US birth rate keeps declining: 4 questions answered
Marie Menke, University of Pittsburgh
Over the last few decades, birth rates have decreased across the globe.
The United States is no exception. Aside from a...
4 ways to help kids relax as the coronavirus upends everyday...
Mirae J. Fornander, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Families everywhere are adjusting to a new way of life due to social distancing measures like closed...
Children of color already make up the majority of kids in...
Rogelio Sáenz, The University of Texas at San Antonio and Dudley L. Poston, Jr., Texas A&M University
Demographers project that whites will become a...
The dangers of depicting Greta Thunberg as a prophet
Ellen Boucher, Amherst College
She came from obscurity and ignited a global movement. Beginning with a small but persistent act of protest outside the Swedish...
WTF? Slurs offend young adults more than swearing
Benjamin Bergen, University of California San Diego
In 1972, the comedian George Carlin performed a comedy routine in which he listed the seven words you...
A quarter of US parents are unmarried – and that changes...
Orestes 'Pat' Hastings, Colorado State University and Daniel Schneider, University of California, Berkeley
Family structure in America is sharply divided by class and race.
While 84%...



















