Stellar Caterpillar

09/21/2022

05/23/2020

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/22/us/crayola-skin-tone-crayons-trnd/index.html

Crayola will release new packs of crayons to represent the world's skin tones, the company revealed Thursday.

04/25/2020

https://scoop.upworthy.com/sesame-street-characters-explain-pandemic-kids-special-town-hall?fbclid=IwAR2w_aULThtGDTI2PBlVaF3CalEvAhWDfqf_7PBvhzm4LbXjifMprnz06OQ

10/07/2019

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-india-49937085/kongthong-the-indian-village-where-babies-get-a-song-for-a-name

In this Indian village, mothers give their children a unique tune and it becomes their "name" for life.

10/04/2018

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/09/27/study-links-restricting-screen-time-kids-higher-mental-performance/?utm_term=.2f2b0c023bcb&tid=sm_fb&noredirect=on

Children ages 8 to 11 who use smartphones and other devices in their free time for less than two hours a day performed better on cognition tests, the study found.

03/12/2018

https://www.thestar.com/life/2016/10/20/children-need-microbes-not-antibiotics-to-develop-immunity-scientists-say.html

Hyper-hygienic environments can lead to chronic conditions

10/26/2017

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/10/25/these-baby-foods-and-formulas-tested-positive-arsenic-lead-and-bpa-new-study/794291001/

The data is alarming.

10/19/2017

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/04/health/babies-screen-time-speech-delays-study/index.html

A study found that the more time young children spent using handheld devices, such as smartphones and tablets, the more at risk they were for speech delays.

09/01/2017

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/5-things-parents-need-know-drowning-2016080910114?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=080916kr&utm_content=blog

About 10 people die from drowning every day; of these, two are children. Here are five ways to help protect children from the dangers of drowning.

08/10/2017

https://www.facebook.com/guy/posts/1565807990138164

We can learn much about how a historical period viewed the abilities of its children by studying its children's literature.