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Helping parents with depression or anxiety also improves their ability to engage in potentially 'protective' forms of play with their children, which can reduce the risk of behavioural problems. Researchers analysed video footage of mother-toddler pairs for make-believe play, which helps young children to develop key social and emotional skills. Toddlers whose mothers had lower depression or anxiety engaged in this form of play more and showed fewer signs of behavioural problems two years later.

A new study published in the British Journal of Educational Technology has identified the different needs of students across primary, middle, and high school related to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.

New journal volume proves that research practice partnerships (RPPs), long-term collaborations between researchers, policy makers and practitioners, actually improves early childhood education.

People living with a child who attends school in-person have an increased risk of reporting evidence of COVID-19, but teacher masking, symptom screening, and other mitigation measures in schools may be able to minimize that excess risk, suggests a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

The researchers identified troubling disparities along race, income and education lines.

What The Study Did: This survey study examines the associations of school closure and exposure to COVID-19-related stressors with caregivers' perceptions of their children's mental well-being.

What The Study Did: This survey study looked at how common is the use of marijuana in e-cigarettes among students in grades 6 to 12 and also changes in use by racial and ethnic groups from 2017 to 2020.

What The Study Did: COVID-19 rates in children and teenagers to age 19 before and after reopening schools in Israel are examined in this observational study.

A new study, conducted by three UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers, studies young adult smoking trends three years after the start of California's law raising the sales age of tobacco to 21.