As contributing authors to a recent ANNALs volume Investing in Latino Children and Youth, scholars Natasha Cabrera, Julie Mendez-Smith, Claudia Galindo, and Krista Perreira reflect on the strengths of Latinx families as they navigate parenting; work and child care; and their children’s learning, education, schooling, and health. Start with acknowledging...
By the end of October 2021, 5 million COVID-19 deaths had occurred worldwide and 5.2 million children under age 18 had lost to COVID-19 a mother, father, or grandparent caregiver who lived in their household. These figures come from estimates that our team of co-authors recently released in The Lancet...
In China’s Zhejiang province, preschool children are constructing their own playground. With wood blocks, ladders, and planks, they are building a slide and a climbing frame. Experimenting with different angles, they try to figure out how a change in slope will affect their sliding experience. Wary of safety, some children...
Latina teenagers in the United States spend more time with their parents and siblings than do teenagers in other racial/ethnic groups and Latino teenagers. As Latino/a youth make up an increasing share of the U.S. population, it may be time to reconsider what we think of as a “typical” U.S....
Communication involves more than words. There is strong evidence that gestures used with speech enhance comprehension of the listener and help the speaker communicate. Children, especially, rely on gestures to express their ideas. Researchers have described gestures as “scaffolding” the child’s talk, freeing up cognitive resources to help them communicate....
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