Tag: pandemic parenting
What is child care insecurity? 2 social scientists explain
Cassandra M. Johnson, Texas State University and Shailen Singh, Texas State University
Child care insecurity is a term we’ve...
Teaching kids social responsibility – like how to settle fights and...
Jonathan B. Santo, University of Nebraska Omaha and Josafa da Cunha, Universidade Federal do Paraná (Brazil)
The Research Brief...
Child poverty in the U.S. could be slashed by monthly payments...
Joya Misra, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Which former president pitched a Family Assistance Plan to the American people that...
Few US students ever repeat a grade but that could change...
Pamela Davis-Kean, University of Michigan
With in-person instruction becoming the exception rather than the norm, 54% of parents with school-age children expressed concern that their...
Maria Montessori challenged and changed how kids are taught, and remains...
Catherine McTamaney, Vanderbilt University
One hundred and fifty years after Maria Montessori’s birth, tens of thousands of teachers around the world still hail her innovations...
Families can support kids’ mental health whether they’re learning remotely or...
Erika Bocknek, Wayne State University
The choice between in-person learning, where available, and remote learning is a fraught one for parents. Children experience joy and...
3 ways to get kids to tune in and pay attention...
Eric M. Anderman, The Ohio State University and Kui Xie, The Ohio State University
When nearly all U.S. brick-and-mortar schools suddenly closed in March 2020...
3 ways to promote social skills in homebound kids
Elizabeth Englander, Bridgewater State University
With the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic getting worse in most of the country, a growing number of school districts...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
