Their gross motor skills, which involve whole-body movement, are fully developed by this age, although they will continue to be refined over the next few years. The same applies to fine motor skills, ...

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, ...

A new study explored how parents' divorce affects early child development. Data from more than 62,000 children aged 3 to 5 ...

IN spite of the assiduity with which the growing child has been studied within recent years, it cannot be said that we know very much about him. But what we do know, and know with any degree of ...

At what age do children lose the desire to exercise? Researchers (UNIGE) followed 1,200 pupils and found out that from the age of 9, the positive reasons for exercising begin to be replaced by ...

It offers music, movement, and theater as structured practices that can enhance physical strength, sharpen cognitive skills, ...

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The average American child spends 3.6 hours staring at a computer, television, tablet, or smartphone daily -- an amount of screen time associated with inferior cognitive development and academic ...