Child Development Archives - Waldorf Research Institute https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/category/child-development/ Wed, 11 Mar 2020 15:53:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Children and the Connection to Nature https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/children-and-the-connection-to-nature/ https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/children-and-the-connection-to-nature/#respond Wed, 11 Mar 2020 20:50:01 +0000 https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/?p=1665 What scientific studies have demonstrated the powerful effect of children on connectedness to nature? Read here to discover a few from Frontier in Psychology:

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00276/full

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01330/full

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02652/full

]]> https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/children-and-the-connection-to-nature/feed/ 0 Wi-Fi is an important threat to human health https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/wi-fi-is-an-important-threat-to-human-health/ https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/wi-fi-is-an-important-threat-to-human-health/#respond Wed, 11 Mar 2020 19:31:31 +0000 https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/?p=1656 WiFI causes threats to human health.  Read this recent study here:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935118300355

Child Psychiatrist, Victoria Dunkley, M.D., author of Reset your Child’s Brain, and doctor featured on “Good Morning America,” and as a steady blog writer for Psychology Today, for her success in “unplugging” children from screens, has a rich and helpful blog on all topics related to brain development and interference from electronics. Read some of them here and join her blog for more!

]]> https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/wi-fi-is-an-important-threat-to-human-health/feed/ 0 How the Tech Industry Uses Psychology to Hook Children https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/how-the-tech-industry-uses-psychology-to-hook-children/ https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/how-the-tech-industry-uses-psychology-to-hook-children/#respond Wed, 11 Mar 2020 18:26:17 +0000 https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/?p=1654 Wonder why screens are so addictive, especially for the young?  It’s deliberate!  Read about it here:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mental-wealth/201810/how-the-tech-industry-uses-psychology-hook-children

Child Psychiatrist, Victoria Dunkley, M.D., author of Reset your Child’s Brain, and doctor featured on “Good Morning America,” and as a steady blog writer for Psychology Today, for her success in “unplugging” children from screens, has a rich and helpful blog on all topics related to brain development and interference from electronics. Read some of them here and join her blog for more!

]]> https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/how-the-tech-industry-uses-psychology-to-hook-children/feed/ 0 World Health Organization Recommends No More Than One Hour of Screen Time for Most Children Under 5 https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/world-health-organization-recommends-no-more-than-one-hour-of-screen-time-for-most-children-under-5/ https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/world-health-organization-recommends-no-more-than-one-hour-of-screen-time-for-most-children-under-5/#respond Fri, 26 Apr 2019 19:19:57 +0000 https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/?p=1437 The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued its strong opinion that child under 5 should have no screen time (or no more than and hour) along with adequate sleep, quiet time and other recommendations we all appreciate! Read here:

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/early_years/2019/04/world_health_organization_issues_guidelines_on_screen_time_among_children_under_5.html

]]> https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/world-health-organization-recommends-no-more-than-one-hour-of-screen-time-for-most-children-under-5/feed/ 0 Can Inuit Moms Help Me Tame My 3-Year-Old’s Anger? https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/can-inuit-moms-help-me-tame-my-3-year-olds-anger/ https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/can-inuit-moms-help-me-tame-my-3-year-olds-anger/#respond Sat, 23 Mar 2019 14:14:55 +0000 https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/?p=1399

Stories speak the language of the child — lessons from Inuit mothers on helping children (and ourselves) with anger.

Read here:
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/03/21/702209976/can-inuit-moms-help-me-tame-my-3-year-olds-anger

]]> https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/can-inuit-moms-help-me-tame-my-3-year-olds-anger/feed/ 0 20 Theses from the perspective of Brain Research https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/20-theses-from-the-perspective-of-brain-research/ https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/20-theses-from-the-perspective-of-brain-research/#respond Thu, 06 Dec 2018 20:53:54 +0000 https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/?p=1357 A collection of studies about the needs of small children in early development:

https://eliant.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/Conference2017/Thesenpapier_2017_Teuchert-Nood.pdf

]]> https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/20-theses-from-the-perspective-of-brain-research/feed/ 0