Even before the pandemic, children of color experienced more loss than white children, due to historical and persistent health inequities. The pandemic only widened this gap. As of October 2021, one of every 310 Black children and one of every 412 Latinx children...
The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted the delivery of mental health services online. While giving some patients greater access and flexibility, this change poses its own challenges, especially for young children. The Child Witness to Violence Project (CWVP) at Boston...
Reach Out and Read is an international nonprofit, annually delivering more than 7 million developmentally appropriate books to nearly 5 million children during well-child primary care visits in the U.S. alone. The program has seen remarkable bipartisan support,...
Ask any parent with a young child, and they’ll tell you how challenging it can be. Tears, tantrums, and exhaustion are all in a day’s work — and that’s on a good day. Stress levels climb even higher if a child shows signs of developmental delays,...
Attachment and relationships are crucial for a child’s brain and emotional development. There is a body of evidence supporting the notion that one of the worst possible traumatic events that can happen to a young child is sudden, forceful separation from a primary...