Sentences with phrase «effects on children»

There is robust evidence that the EITC has quite large effects on children's academic achievement and attainment, with potentially important consequences for later - life outcomes.

Life - course changes in the mediation of cognitive and non-cognitive skills for parental effects on children's academic achievement.

The study looks at certain social and economic factors since a teacher has to deal with their effects on children.

Her scholarship concerns instructional effects on children's achievement motivation, early childhood education, elementary education and school reform.

Among them are deleterious effects on children of unregulated and often substandard childcare; [9] lost productivity for employers due to parents missing work to handle gaps in childcare or to care for a sick child; [10] lost wages and reduced retirement benefits for parents who have to drop out of the labor market to provide at - home care for their young children; [11] a substantial downward pressure on the wages of childcare workers with effects on the quality and stability of the childcare workforce; [12] and lost opportunities for further education, [13] college savings, and other investments that working parents could make in themselves and their children but can not afford because they are spending most or all of their disposable income on childcare.

[350] Boston pre-kindergarten, which also operates for a full school day and school year, demonstrates large effects on children's language and math skills.

Peer effects on children's language achievement during pre ‐ kindergarten.

And with hundreds of alumni, they plan to start a long - term study on the effects on children as they progress to middle school and high school.

Passmore also cautioned that some of the cases involving banding «raises questions about the effects on children, its purpose and costs».

The lack of application of ergonomics in analysing the activities in schools and using this to inform the design of the buildings and the choice and use of furniture has detrimental effects on children's wellbeing and learning.

First of all there were a lot of individual effects on the children from introducing this type of playground: children were seen to be a lot more excited going out to play; they would enter their classrooms after lunchtime and would still be talking about what they did during that play; they were a lot more engaged, they were using the space a lot more readily, so, taking these materials out - and that could be one influence on how physical activity actually increased; they were solving problems and using their creativity skills - which I can also talk about how the children use all these objects to be creative in the school playground.

So, what we did, we interviewed the teachers in this introduced school playground — seeing how they actually felt about the items over that school year; looking at the effects on children's engagement in activities; looking at some of the policies that they introduced and that type of thing.

«There are many important policy questions about how governments can best invest in children's development at the preschool age, and whether invested funds are producing intended effects on children,» said Yoshikawa, who will act as a research advisor to Weiland.

A pivotal issue for early - education policy is whether there is enough evidence to make a choice among the various child - centered and content - centered approaches, based on the long - term effects on children.

The effects on children of the increase in single parents is no longer much debated.

«The research to date suggests that tablets and apps may have potentially positive and negative effects on children's emergent literacy development.

These «clean,» classroom - friendly games are devoid of the graphic violence whose effects on children and adolescents have caused so much consternation and debate.

Bernard's sermonizing and Joan's all - too - blunt way with words around tricky subjects have quietly insidious effects on their children, as cursing becomes second nature and undigested thoughts are released in public to confused ears.

Weaver said the new research provided a good summary of what is known about vitamin D and its effects on children, but that variations in the studies reviewed mean the results shouldn't be taken at face value.

Also, they could have different effects on children since dosages may not have been considered for children.

We know that nature serves as a calming force when we're stressed or anxious, and its effects on children may be even more profound.

The question of whether prenatal SSRI use has any effects on children's development is a critical one, according to Dr. James Murrough.

Bisphenol A products have been voluntarily recalled by manufacturers because of suspicion concerning the toxic effects on children as well as other vulnerable populations.

There have been a number of similar studies of maternal BPA exposure and its effects on children, but the results are inconsistent in what they show.

In 1998, the NIEHS / EPA Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Centers began studying individual, regional, national, and global environmental exposures and the effects on children's health.

«Early exposure to too much manganese causes attention deficits in rats: Findings in lab study support concerns about adverse effects on children of exposure to too much manganese early in development.»

The combination of evidence - based curricula and in - classroom coaching is particularly promising and has been implemented at scale with large positive effects on children.»

Given that paternal depression can have direct or indirect effects on children, it is important to recognize and treat symptoms among fathers early and the first step in doing that is arguably increasing awareness among fathers about increased risks,» the article concludes.

ADHD symptoms usually appear during childhood and vary from inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity — a combination that can produce negative effects on children's and its relative's lives.

To date, results on the long - term effects on children have been mixed.

Michael Madary, a postdoctoral research assistant at the University of Mainz in Germany, who in February co-authored the first code of ethics on the use of VR, said the dearth of research on VR's effects on children is unlikely to improve.

She and her team currently are studying outcomes in HG pregnancies to determine if the violent nausea and vomiting have any effects on the children later in life.

The two scientists recommended that government re-examine its standards and guidelines for cadmium in food, soil, workplaces and consumer products to consider the effects on children's brains.

«Perchlorate exposure is a serious issue,» the email said, «and it's a top priority for Administrator Jackson, who is concerned about its health effects on children.»

Research has found that exposure to lead can have adverse neurological and cognitive effects on children.

GNAT said the galamsey activities was having negative health effects on the children who should otherwise be in school with some dying...

Some studies of children who attended preschool 20 or more years ago find that early childhood education programs also have lasting effects on children's later life chances, improving educational attainment and earnings and, in some cases, reducing criminal activity.

My friends and I (along with others in our generation) have not used CIO (cry it out methods) as there is more and more scientific evidence coming out that it has negative effects on children.

We, at Lollacup, believe that decisions like using a straw cup vs. a sippy cup are largely a matter of preference and may not have any long - term effects on children.

For instance, the children subject to the arrangement must be continually taken back and forth, and if either parent has any ill will towards the other, it may come off with negative side effects on the children.

Furthermore, many of the common gifts will be plastic toys are full of toxins and chemicals that have harmful effects on children and plastic breaks quite easily, then because they're non-recyclable, they end up in landfills.

Parent - child separation: Psychological effects on the children.

Long - term studies on their effects on children have not been conducted, so Original Sprout plays it safe:

Let's say the blogosphere is abuzz about a research study that shows that sleep - training methods like cry - it - out have no long - term effects on children or that physically punitive discipline tactics like spanking result in children who are better behaved or that birthing without drug pain relief is dangerous.

Some approved herbicides used on fresh produce can have nasty side - effects on children and their development.

High doses of certain vitamins cause adverse effects on the children's health.

Food dyes have all kinds of strange effects on children, including disrupting behavior like hyperactivity, immunologic responses, anxiety, headaches, and sleep disturbance.

In addition, studies done in other cultures about the effects on children of nighttime child - rearing practices have shown that attachment object use was less common when children slept in the same bed or in the same room as their mothers and were breastfed longer (Gaddini & Gaddini, 1970; Hong & Townes, 1976; Litt, 1981).

His parenting advice had negative and devastating effects on children and their families — sometimes for generations.

Not only is it mean spirited and unhelpful, in my experience it can become a contributing factor to anxiety and even post-natal depression, both of which have shown adverse long term effects on children.