Roblox Game, Children's Safety

https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending-now/sex-offender-texted-children-got-their-number-via-roblox-game-police-say/806573720

Video Game Brainyact to Help Children Overcome

https://www.hometownsource.com/sun_sailor/community/excelsior_southlake/excelsior-mother-develops-video-game-brainyact-to-help-children-overcome/article_d1ec720e-965e-11e8-a3fa-635f4d41dd80.html

Twin Cities families who have a child with a learning, sensory or motor disability can now turn to the newly-developed video game, BrainyAct, as an affordable and beneficial treatment option that strengthens children’s motor, physical and learning skills.

The Secret to Praising your Children Properly

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/aug/04/the-secret-to-praising-your-children-properly

Praise is a tightrope. Reward and encourage your children, but not to the point that they enter the world convinced they’re flawless geniuses. Failures and knockbacks are inevitable, yet will be extra-difficult if greatness is key to your child’s sense of identity.

Birthday Affects Chances of Success

https://www.discoverydcode.com/dcode/articles/birthday-affects-chance-success/

We all like to believe that we are masters of our destinies. That obstacles can be overcome, and goals achieved through hard work and dedication. There is a theory that our success may be defined to some degree from the moment we are born.

Head Start Benefits

https://kdminer.com/news/2018/aug/03/letter-research-shows-head-start-benefits/
Head Start students scored better than a control group for cognitive and social-emotional development, had higher rates of immunizations, healthier weights and less problematic behaviors. Studies also show that children attending a quality early learning program such as Head Start are more likely to be proficient readers in third grade, more likely to graduate from high school, and go on to attain college degrees.

Play is Essential

"The big debate in early childhood education today is the ‘push down’ of academics, robbing children of play.  Many professionals are concerned about what this means for young children, and for the future of society as children grow up without the vital learning self-initiated play provides them."https://www.scmp.com/presented/news/hong-kong/topics/early-childhood-education/article/2157084/play-essential-living-and

Wonder of Learning Workshop

http://www.bu.edu/today/2018/the-wonder-of-learning-workshop/
“Learning is social and inspired by doing,” says workshop leader David Ramsey, a Boston Public Schools Early Childhood program developer. “It’s fun, there’s a lot of laughs when children play, but cognitive development is at the core of everything here.”

ECE Key for Development, Ghana

https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/education/early-childhood-education-key-for-development-frank-korang.html

Do you Know What to Expect for Kindergarten?

http://www.charlotteparent.com/CLT/Annual-Guides/Education-Guide/What-to-Expect-in-Kindergarten/

Confounding State of Child Care in Florida

http://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20180727/confounding-state-of-child-care-in-florida

The Only Way to Protect Children Online is Parental Responsibility

http://catholicherald.co.uk/commentandblogs/2018/07/23/the-only-way-to-protect-children-online-is-parental-responsibility/

Chemicals: In Food and Food Packaging that May Harm Children

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/allthemoms/2018/07/23/chemicals-food-and-food-packaging-may-harm-children-doctors-say/819774002/

New App Alerts Parents to Check your Backseat and Curb Hot Car Deaths

http://www.kxii.com/content/news/New-app-alerts-parents-to-check-your-backseat-and-curb-hot-car-deaths-488844761.html

Here's What Parents Can Do for Their Children's Safety

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/here-is-what-parents-can-do-for-their-childrens-safety/articleshow/65084344.cms

How Culture Influences Children's Development

https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://theconversation.com/how-culture-influences-childrens-development-99791&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTQxNTQxMjM1MzA2MTI2NjQwMTMyGjRiMzk4NGVlYjNiNGUzZjY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHFWRoOuJgIzUHzZ3pjyOw-32bidw

Kids in the Longest Running Study of Same Sex Parenting are Doing Just Fine at 25

https://thinkprogress.org/same-sex-parenting-study-age-25-677fa483b1c3/

Raising a Tot Montessori Style

https://www.romper.com/p/raising-a-tot-montessori-style-start-with-the-furniture-9790792

Early Puberty in White Adolescent Boys Increases Substance Use Risk

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — White adolescent boys experiencing early puberty are at higher risk for substance use than later developing boys, a new Purdue Universitystudy finds. 
https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2018/Q3/early-puberty-in-white-adolescent-boys-increases-substance-use-risk.html