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...research about children and television exposure, but we don’t yet know how much of it applies to interactive screens like tablets and smartphones. There are a few things we do know. Most child development experts agree that while passive screen time – such as putting your child in front of a device for aPeppa Pig marathon – might be entertaining, it isn’t going to...

...research, I’ve found that children don’t begin to notice and adopt gender-stereotyped behaviors (e.g., preferring colors like pink or blue) until the age of two or three. A few years later, their concept of gender becomes quite rigid, and although it becomes more relaxed by middle childhood, even adults have trouble going back to thinking about gender as something...

...Children in Scotland. ...This content is associated with The Open University's Open degree qualification. [The Open University and Children in Scotland logos] The portal offers a curated selection of free OU courses that will support and upskill practitioners working with children and young people. The courses on this portal are designed to be accessible and can be...

...children had been ‘off-rolled’...Find out more about The Open University’s Childhood and Youth Studies qualification. This made me question my identity as a teacher and wonder what schools were for, and motivated me to undertake a doctoral study at The Open University (awarded in 2022) to understand what was happening. Increasing ‘official’ numbers Recent years...

...research has shown that from their earliest days, children recognise more unhealthy food brand logos than healthy ones (see the article Young children’s food brand knowledge), and this knowledge of food brands increases rapidly from the age of 3 years. Indeed, their knowledge of unhealthy food brands increases earlier than their understanding of which foods are not...

...Children don’t see colour’ is a phrase we often hear when discussing race – but is this true? Mel Green explores how children conceptualise the idea of race and respond to it...Race is a social construct – a creation of society – which categorise individuals based on their perceived physical characteristics such as skin colour. Yet being ‘colour blind’ and...

...Research into apps that promise gains in children’s literacy and numeracy skills (e.g. Meyer et al., 2021) reveal that often they are designed to offer right or wrong answers (Vaala, Ly and Levine, 2015) and narrow possibilities for play (Plowman, 2020). Understanding what children think is play is important for educators as they design playful ways to support learning....