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Mum's vitamin D in pregnancy and preschool development: a small, uncertain link to motor skills
A study of 252 mother-child pairs asked whether vitamin D levels in the second trimester of pregnancy relate to children's thinking, language, movement and behaviour at ages 3–5. Most results showed no link, and the one small hint, for motor skills, did not hold up under stricter testing.
Source: Frontiers in Pediatrics
Why Washing Hands Before Holding a Newborn Matters, Even When You Feel Well
A large study of more than 23,600 newborns and their mothers in southern Nepal linked hand-washing with soap to a lower risk of newborn death. Here is what it found, where its limits lie, and how to ask visitors to wash up without awkwardness.
Source: theAsianparent Singapore
Teens with diabetes: do their attitudes to food relate to blood sugar control?
A Turkish hospital study of 143 teens with diabetes asked whether their attitudes to eating were linked to how well their blood sugar was controlled. It found no link, but eating attitudes did differ by body mass index, treatment type and how closely teens followed treatment.
Source: PLOS ONE — Education
Bilingual children with language disorder: English grew, but the home language lagged
A study followed 54 Spanish–English bilingual children from prekindergarten to 3rd grade to see how their sentences became more complex in each language. Children with developmental language disorder kept pace in English but showed limited growth in their home language, Spanish, after 1st grade.
Source: Frontiers in Education
Children Learn New Words Best When the Clues Line Up, Even From a Speaker Who Got Things Wrong
A PLOS ONE study asked whether 4- to 7-year-olds care how reliable a speaker is when learning a new word, and what happens when a new word clashes with a name they already know. Children remembered new words for new objects from both reliable and unreliable speakers, but struggled when a new name was given to a familiar object.
Source: PLOS ONE — Education
Preschool sound skills and first-grade sentence writing: what a Turkish study found
A PLOS ONE study followed 97 Turkish preschoolers for two academic years and found that their early sound and letter skills were linked to how well they wrote sentences in first grade. The link was real but moderate, and the study cannot show that one caused the other.
Source: PLOS ONE — Education
Loved by children, undervalued by society: how preschool staff feel
An OECD survey of early childhood staff in 17 countries and regions found they feel valued by children and parents but much less so by society. The author links this to staff shortages and turnover that can affect the quality of care children receive.
Source: OECD Education Today
RSV doesn't stop at the newborn stage: what studies say about the whole first year
A theAsianparent explainer pulls together European and US studies showing that RSV, a common respiratory virus, still sends healthy babies to the doctor and hospital throughout their first year. It also notes that RSV circulates year-round in Singapore.
Source: theAsianparent Singapore
65 objectionable apps found in Singapore app stores: what parents of teens can do at home
A local audit by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) found 65 objectionable apps and 24 wrongly age-rated ones in online app stores. Although app stores have baseline safety measures, IMDA stresses that online safety is shared between families and platforms.
Source: The Straits Times — Singapore
Wushu, posture and eyesight: what a school records study found in primary-school children
A study of 196 primary-school students compared children who regularly did Wushu, a martial art, with classmates who did routine PE. The Wushu group had better posture, fitness and eye measures after 16 weeks, but the design means this shows a link, not a cause.
Source: Frontiers in Public Health — Child Health
First gynaecologist visit at 13 to 15: what a doctor says about teen periods, PCOS and endometriosis
A consultant gynaecologist says girls should have a first, conversation-style gynaecologist visit between ages 13 and 15, because conditions like PCOS and endometriosis are often missed in teens. The article draws on published figures, including Singapore data, showing diagnosis can take years when period pain is brushed off as normal.
Source: theAsianparent Singapore
Poor sleep in Primary 1–3 children linked to later anxiety and low mood
A study of 1,529 young primary school children in Chongqing, China, found that those with poorer sleep were more likely to report anxiety and depressive symptoms at a later check. The link held even after accounting for how the children felt at the start, though the study cannot prove that poor sleep causes these feelings.
Source: Frontiers in Public Health — Child Health