Kids and stress during the pandemic

https://www.nbcnews.com/know-your-value/feature/covid-kids-are-not-alright-ncna1268471

A meta-analysis of published in the American Journal of Family Psychology brought together five decades of research, involving 160,000 children, and confirms that spanking is bad for kids.

A perspective on the rise of anxiety in kids: https://letgrow.org/child-safety-up-child-anxiety-up-hmmm/

Some tips for parents of kids with Type 1 Diabetes on starting elementary school: https://www.thediabetescouncil.com/parents-what-you-should-know-when-sending-your-type-1-elementary-student-back-to-school/  

  Interesting idea using dungeons and dragons concept for play therapy: http://kotaku.com/therapists-are-using-dungeons-dragons-to-get-kids-to-1794806159 http://geekandsundry.com/rpg-therapy-for-kids-is-a-real-thing-and-it-works/  

The statement most kids want to hear from their parents after a game: http://www.today.com/parents/after-game-kids-only-want-hear-one-sentence-t109231  

http://www.apamonitor-digital.org/apamonitor/201703/?pg=53&pm=2&u1=friend  

A look at some benefits of a later start to the school day: http://www.sciencealert.com/schools-around-the-us-are-beginning-to-push-back-their-start-times/?utm_source=ScienceAlert+-+Daily+Email+Updates&utm_campaign=200989e2c8-MAILCHIMP_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fe5632fb09-200989e2c8-365490661  

A recent study confirmed that kids who think they can get smarter if they work hard (have a growth mindset) are more likely to bounce back from their mistakes than those who think their level of intelligence is set in stone (fixed mindset). http://www.livescience.com/57700-kids-mistakes-brain.html  

Lego has developed a social network for kids: https://www.wired.com/2017/01/lego-life-social-network-kids/  

Deena Weisberg out of University of Pennsylvania is exploring the importance of imagination and fantasy play in building cognitive skills: http://www.wpr.org/leave-reality-adults-fantasy-helps-kids-learn https://aeon.co/ideas/why-kids-can-learn-more-from-tales-of-fantasy-than-realism?utm_content=buffer36e9b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Some tips for how to discuss porn with kids: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/05/10/garden/porn-intro.html?_r=0  

This poster offers some simple talking points for teaching kids how to protect their bodies: http://www.scarymommy.com/educate-2-empower-sexual-abuse-prevention-poster/?utm_source=FB  

A new study out of Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim finds that Children who get more exercise may have fewer symptoms of depression than their peers who are less active: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2017/01/12/active-kids-less-likely-to-be-depressed-later-on.html

A new study published in Psychological Medicine journal, published by the Cambridge University Press, showed that it may be fine for parents to let their children have a few sips of liquor if they want to ensure their offspring, when they grow into teenagers, do not drink as heavily as those who are introduced to alcohol by […]

Reading a physical book to your kids leads to more affection than reading from a digital device: http://qz.com/867060/reading-physical-books-to-kids-makes-parents-more-affectionate/

Kids who spend more time chatting on social websites feel reduced satisfaction about all parts of their lives except for their friendships, according o a survey in the UK by the Institute of Labor Economics. The study found that the more time kids spent chatting on social networks, the less positive they felt about school work and […]

The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in England has issued a warning that the app Yellow, which is considered a parallel of Tinder but marketed to teens, is a high risk for sexual predators because it does not verify users’ ages. The app claims to have five million users: https://www.yahoo.com/tech/tinder-teenagers-app-accused-enabling-102600676.html http://www.standard.co.uk/news/techandgadgets/sex-predator-warning-issued-over-tinder-for-teenagers-app-a3400426.html https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/sex-predator-warning-issued-over-tinder-for-teenagers-app/ar-AAkyBC1  

A new app interrupts whatever else the device was being used for to push a question at the child. It’s basically push notification for homework. They have to do the work correctly in order to get back to their preferred activity: Play My Way app aims to turn kids’ love of mobile devices on its head  

A heartfelt account of one child’s struggle with anxiety: http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/09/13/478834629/for-kids-anxiety-about-school-can-feel-like-being-chased-by-a-lion