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These days are the period of rapid brain growth and maturation: 80 percent by two years, and physical growth (height and weight) velocity is highest during the first two years. [Patience Ivie [...]

Nevertheless, these pandemic babies were very similar to babies born before the pandemic in other areas, like behaviour and development. [Susan Byrne and Jonathan Hourihane – The [...]

Designing environments that cater to the needs of children and teenagers requires a deep understanding of their developmental trajectories. [Isabelle Brocas – Psychology Today, 5 May 2023.] [...]

The Commission on Population and Development ended its fifty-sixth session on April 14th, 2023 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, unable to adopt by consensus a draft resolution [...]

Parenting as a key non-formal education tool for better population outcomes.

It is well established that parenting influences child behavior at home, but less is known about the associations between parenting and teacher reports of child behavior at school, an environment [...]

Time spent on screens is a major part of everyday life and a necessary part of education today and into the foreseeable future.

As children from less educated families perform significantly worse than the children of the more educated, it is far less likely their relative economic situation in adulthood will exceed that [...]

Optimism is a critical skill for happiness, health, and success, traits that most parents desire for their children. But, as parents, how do we lay the foundation for an optimistic outlook for [...]

Some of Eurostat’s most interesting data concerning the situation of young people in the EU today for the areas of demography, education and training, employment and entrepreneurship, health and [...]