Hacker News with Generative AI: Child Development

Cognitive Benefits of Open-Skill Sports in Childhood: Evidence from ABCD Study (nlm.nih.gov)
This study analyzed baseline data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study, comprising 11,869 children aged 9-10 years. Participants were categorized into open-skill sports group (OSG), closed-skill sports group (CSG), and non-sport group (NSG). Cognitive performance was assessed using seven tasks from the NIH Toolbox, covering executive function, processing speed, and language domains. Group differences were examined using ANCOVA, controlling for sex, race, parental education, income, Area Deprivation Index (ADI), body mass index (BMI), and total time spent in activities.

Cognitive Science, Child Development, Sports, Research, Neuroscience

8 points by pseudolus 19 days ago | 1 comments

Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development (simplypsychology.org)
The Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) is the range of tasks a person can’t complete independently but can accomplish with support.

Psychology, Education, Child Development

15 points by Anon84 20 days ago | 10 comments

Ask HN: Parents of young kids: how do you teach that hitting is not acceptable? (ycombinator.com)
Our 5-year-old sometimes hits when he’s frustrated—usually in situations where he feels overwhelmed, ignored, or forced into something he doesn’t want to do.

Parenting, Child Development, Behavior, Discipline

7 points by recursiverogue 22 days ago | 25 comments

The surprisingly simple reason kids have imaginary friends (vox.com)
If your child starts talking to a can of tomato paste, don’t worry.

Child Development, Psychology, Social Development

40 points by domofutu 56 days ago | 49 comments

Preschoolers can reason better than we think, study suggests (phys.org)
Preschoolers can reason better than we think, study suggests

Child Development, Cognitive Science, Psychology, Education, Research

167 points by PaulHoule 59 days ago | 180 comments

Why Do I Keep Finding Padlocked Playgrounds in New York City? (reason.com)
"Play is the work of the child," wrote Maria Montessori, pushing back against the perennial tendency of adults to trivialize the child's constant quest for movement and exploration. "It is work he must do in order to grow up."

Playgrounds, Child Development

9 points by NavinF 72 days ago | 0 comments

Ask HN: How can I get my 7-year-old started with web development? (ycombinator.com)
I started my career as a front-end developer, almost twenty years ago, and have been doing the EM thing for the last 10 or so years.<p>My 7 year-old really enjoys understanding how things work and building physical things.

Child Development, Education, Programming, Web Development

12 points by johnz 92 days ago | 13 comments

Why young parents should focus on building trust with their kids (desunit.com)
Today, when my 1.9-year-old daughter tried to grab and eat an unwashed orange, I asked her to give it to me so I could wash and peel it if she could wait for a moment. She did. It got me thinking about the marshmallow experiment, where the idea was that patience equals success. But … it wasn’t the whole story.

Parenting, Trust, Child Development

542 points by desunit 99 days ago | 407 comments

Maria Montessori (wikipedia.org)

Education, Child Development, History

82 points by simonebrunozzi 107 days ago | 47 comments

Why Kids' Shows Like 'Cocomelon' Hamper Critical Brain Development (forbes.com)
When adults hear the term “kid-friendly” in regards to entertainment, a familiar image often springs to mind: vibrant colors, catchy tunes and straightforward narratives.

Child Development, Education, Media, Entertainment, Psychology

10 points by KittenInABox 126 days ago | 0 comments

Why kids need to take more risks: science reveal benefits of wild, free play (nature.com)
Studies reveal how risky play can benefit child development. But encouraging it can be a challenge for parents.

Child Development, Parenting, Risk-Taking, Science

53 points by rbanffy 134 days ago | 18 comments

Kids need to take more risks: science reveals the benefits of wild, free play (nature.com)
Studies reveal how risky play can benefit child development. But encouraging it can be a challenge for parents.

Child Development, Parenting, Science, Education

6 points by gnabgib 135 days ago | 0 comments

Impact of early life adversity on reward processing in young adults (2014) (plos.org)
Accumulating evidence suggests that adversity in early childhood may impair human brain development and mental health later in life [1]–[3].

Neuroscience, Psychology, Child Development, Mental Health

125 points by sandwichsphinx 217 days ago | 120 comments

Why children perceive time slower than adults (bbc.com)

Time Perception, Psychology, Child Development

68 points by andsoitis 258 days ago | 43 comments

No screens before age of two, Swedish health authority tells parents (theguardian.com)

Child Development, Health, Sweden, Parenting

35 points by Brajeshwar 262 days ago | 25 comments

8 Year old girl coding with AI (twitter.com)

Child Development, Artificial Intelligence, Education

25 points by johnnygpt 276 days ago | 1 comments

"Sugar rush" in children seems to be confirmation bias (juliawise.net)