Sentences with phrase «throughout middle childhood»
The design of this study made it possible to examine 1) the extent to which benefits of breastfeeding on cognitive ability and achievement were evident throughout middle childhood, adolescence, and into young adulthood; and 2) the extent to which breastfeeding was related to a range of indices of academic achievement that included performance on standardized tests, teacher ratings of academic achievement, and levels of success in examinations on leaving school.
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The first is what Canada calls the Conveyor Belt — a system that reaches kids early and then moves them through a seamless series of programs that try to re-create the invisible cocoon of support that surrounds middle - class and upper - middle - class kids throughout their childhoods.
In fact, the American Academy of Pediatrics states that «making friends is one of the most important missions of middle childhood — a social skill that will endure throughout their lives.»