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Helping Children Cope with a Scary World
Our world can be a scary place. As parents, we worry about our children growing up when wars, shootings, bombings and other horrific acts of violence seem to happen one after another. Frightening… Read more »Five Resources for Early Childhood Development Research
Wilder Foundation has supported the health and well-being of children for more than 100 years.
Helping Your Child Manage Feelings
When kindergartners struggle in school, it’s not usually because they don’t know the alphabet, and it’s not because they can’t count. At the kindergarten level, school success depends greatly on the… Read more »
What is the Right Question to Resolve the Early Learning Debate?
Social, economic and educational inequities and their associated lifelong adverse consequences are preventable. Richard Chase explains how early education is necessary but insufficient.
There's No App for That: Parenting in the Digital Age
The digital age is the age of distraction. We’ve become accustomed to staying connected to our email, social media, mobile phones and apps at all times – even when we are doing other things,… Read more »