For about 60 years, the prevailing wisdom in Japan, so-called "Three-Year-Old Myth," has held that children should be raised at home by their mothers until the age of three for healthy development.

Louisville has shown strong support for the expansion of early childhood education, including a $5 million allocation from the 2024-2025 Metro budget to help fund TB5L's first phase of work.

Traci Carter, program manager of Raising St. Louis in Missouri, and Nicole Kozma, director of school and community outreach programs at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and BJC Community Health ...

Black girls are often seen as “grown” before their time. Explore how stereotypes rob them of their innocence—and why we must ...

The Los Angeles urban wildfires have devastated families and communities with agonizing loss. Residents’ most prized possessions and decades-old homes have become reduced to smoke and ashes.

Greg lives in Indiana with his wife and two children. A growing number of banks are offering early direct deposit as a feature on their checking accounts. What that means for you is that ...

UNICEF has been working with the All China Women’s Federation (ACWF) to set up early childhood development centers that support early learning and care for children aged 0-6 years in communities ...

Though tragic, this infamous “natural experiment” has allowed us to learn a great deal about the effects of early-life trauma ... longer in institutions. Childhood is the most sensitive ...

africanus with those of other extinct mammals from Sterkfontein and modern African mammals, the early humans appear to have had a variable diet, but not one rich in mammalian meat. The findings ...

"We reveal how early humans -- known as hominins -- were able to thrive under harsh conditions," says lead author Dr. Julio Mercader Florín, PhD, a professor in both the Faculty of Arts and the ...