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Air pollution is one of the leading threats to child health, according to the WHO. It accounts for almost 1 in 10 deaths in children under the age of five. Pregnant women who are exposed to polluted air are more…

Children’s development is being harmed because their parents are constantly distracted by technology..One of the key charges levelled at distracted parenting is that it harms a young child’s language development, and language is the single best predictor of school achievement.…

Children are not coming into school with the hand strength and dexterity they had 10 years ago. “Children coming into school are being given a pencil but are increasingly not be able to hold it because they don’t have the fundamental…

98% of children in kindergarten are “creative geniuses” – they can think of endless opportunities of how to use a paper clip. This ability is reduced drastically as children go through the formal schooling system and by age 25, only…

From code-teaching caterpillars to colorful chemistry kits, manufacturers and retailers alike are eager to cash in on a growing toy sector, known by the buzzworthy term STEM, that promises to deliver on science, technology, engineering, and math education. Read more…

Like IQ or EQ – which we use to measure someone’s general and emotional intelligence – an individual’s facility and command of digital media is a competence that can be measured. We call it DQ: digital intelligence. And the good…

The “+me” is a wearable proof-of-concept and its main purposes are to improve the motivation of children with autism to communicate better, to achieve basic interaction with others and to extend a child’s ability to play while keeping engaged in…