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Reading achievement at age 10 influences how much independent reading children do at age 11. However, independent reading doesn't directly improve children's achievement in reading, at least among children at the end of elementary school. In addition, individual differences in independent reading among 11-year-olds partly reflect genetic influences on reading achievement at age 10. Those are the findings of a new longitudinal study that sought to answer the question: Does reading...

During childhood and adolescence, children develop the ability to remember not only past events but the origin of those memories. For example, someone may remember meeting a particular person and the context in which he or she met that person. New research from Germany has found that the ability to remember the origin of memories is a relatively long process that matures during adolescence but isn't fully developed until adulthood. The study, by researchers at Saarland University, appears...

Hovering helicopter parents who restrict their kids’ unstructured play may actually harm, rather than help, children according to the latest issue of the American Journal of Play, a scholarly journal which has gathered a distinguished group of experts to probe the near-extinction of free play and its effects on children and society. “Remarkably, over the last 50 years, opportunities for children to play freely have declined continuously and dramatically in the United States and other...

When parents fight, infants are likely to lose sleep, researchers report."We know that marital problems have an impact on child functioning, and we know that sleep is a big problem for parents," said Jenae M. Neiderhiser, professor of psychology, Penn State.New parents often report sleep as being the most problematic of their child's behavior. Neiderhiser and colleagues found that poor sleep patterns in children from ages 9 to 18 months are likely influenced by conflict in their...

Advance My Baby believes the study and materials can aide each child reaching his or her greatest potential Tampa Bay Area, Florida (PRWEB) July 30, 2011 Pregnant women who plan to give birth in the next three months and moms who have given birth since June 1 are being sought to participate in a three-year study that gives their child the best opportunity to reach his or her greatest potential, says Jeanne Martin, co-author of Advance My Baby, the manual. According to the U.S....

CHICAGO, July 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- More than a dozen child advocacy organizations have kicked off the National Movement for America's Children to help ensure that every child in America is given an opportunity for healthy growth and development. The Movement is founded on the basic principle that all of our children deserve nurturing environments that support healthy brain development so they are prepared to learn in school, grow into productive, contributing adults and help their...

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- It is known that poor social and physical environments can harm young children's cognitive and behavioral development, and that development typically improves in better environments. Now a new study of children living in institutions has found that intervening early can help young children develop language, with those placed in better care by 15 months showing language skills similar to children raised by their biological parents.The study was conducted by researchers at...

We know that poor social and physical environments can harm young children's cognitive and behavioral development, and that development often improves in better environments. Now a new study of children living in institutions has found that intervening early can help young children develop language, with those placed in better care by 15 months showing language skills similar to children raised by their biological parents.The study, in the journal Child Development, was conducted by...

Couples having marital difficulties may have infants who are losing sleep, according to a new study "“ and that may have a continuing impact on the children.Specifically, researchers found that marital instability when the child was ninth months old was related to child sleep problems at 18 months, including difficulties falling asleep and staying asleep, according to Anne Mannering, an Oregon State University faculty member in the Department of Human Development and Family...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill., April 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the past year alone, Children's Advocacy Centers in Illinois provided support and service to over 10,162 children. "We know that on your street, on your block, in your community, children are abused and neglected every day. The statistics are staggering. But we also know that Children's Advocacy Centers are the everyday heroes to the children in the state of Illinois, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They answer the call...