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Key Takeaways Summer camps promote physical activity and healthy lifestyles, helping children stay active even during long school breaks. They foster valuable social skills and emotional growth ...

Regular physical activity contributes to a child’s physical development and promotes overall well-being. It may help if parents and caregivers can encourage them in active play, playground activities, ...

Nathan Hall receives funding from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Melanie Gregg receives funding from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Brock University provides funding ...

Parents seeking help in encouraging toddlers to be physically active may soon need to look no further than an inexpensive robotic buddy for their kids, a new study suggests. Parents seeking help in ...

Kayleigh Waters, a psychotherapist, explains toddler tantrums are common between ages one and three, often due to frustration ...

Human development is influenced by, but not entirely determined by, our parents and our genes. Children may have very different personalities, and different strengths and weaknesses, than the ...