Feb 18, 2021
Health Day – Robert Preidt and Ernie Mundell
As if suffering from a mental illness as a child isn’t tough enough, new research suggests it could predict higher odds for physical ills in later life. There was one silver lining to the findings, however. Knowing that childhood mental illness is a factor, “you can identify the people at risk for physical illnesses much earlier in life,” explained study lead researcher Jasmin Wertz, a postdoctoral researcher at Duke University in Durham, N.C.
Read More: https://consumer.healthday.com/sb-2-19-mental-illness-in-childhood-could-mean-more-physical-ills-decades-later-2650556344.html
Feb 18, 2021
Medical X-Press – Joanna Groom
A new Australian study, published overnight in Nature Communications, gives an insight into how kids’ immune systems respond to infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. It’s the first study, to my knowledge, that directly compares children and adults with mild COVID.
Read More: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-02-kids-tend-milder-covid-clue.html
Feb 17, 2021
Moms – Jayme Kennedy
Even if your toddler is really excited to start preschool (and why wouldn’t they be?!), the transition from being home everyday to spending the day at school can be a lot to handle for little kiddos. Even if you maintain a structured routine throughout your day at home, it’s unlikely that it would be as structured as a school day. And when mornings go from slow and relaxed to frenzied and rushed to get out the door, it can throw everyone for a loop
Read More: https://www.moms.com/toddler-preschool-morning-routine/
Feb 17, 2021
Moms – Allison Cooper
Every five years, the The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) releases new dietary guidelines that help us make healthy choices about what we eat. If health is in the forefront of your mind for yourself and your family, you are going to want to pay attention because for the first time ever, the USDA has included babies, toddlers, and kids in their dietary recommendations.
Read More: https://www.moms.com/usda-new-dietary-guidelines-kids/
Feb 16, 2021
KQED News Mind/Shift – Kara Newhouse
Throughout the coronavirus outbreak, nearly everyone connected to children has raised the alarm about pandemic learning loss. Parents, educators, physicians and politicians — they might disagree on solutions, but they’re all concerned about how the current educational upheaval will affect K-12 students.
Read More: https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/57373/why-we-need-to-pay-more-attention-to-the-youngest-children-right-now-and-their-parents
