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Parenting programs support social and academic engagement for children growing up in poverty Parent education programs and interventions that begin shortly after the birth of a child have shown to significantly impact parenting behaviors that support social and academic engagement for children growing up in poverty, according to a study led by pediatricians and psychologists across the country, including NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Steinhardt, and the University of Pittsburgh. The study, published today in the journal Pediatrics, examines the Smart Beginnings Project, a first-of-its...

NEW YORK, Feb. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Parent education programs and interventions that begin shortly after the birth of a child have shown to significantly impact parenting behaviors that support

New childcare facility opening in Campbell County ‘daycare desert’ School leaders say closest daycare was 30 miles away Published:  Tags:  CAMPBELL COUNTY, Va. – For many Brookneal parents, childcare can be hard to find because the area is considered a “daycare desert.” “One of the parents I spoke to would get up at 4 a.m. and would drive all the way to the other side of Lynchburg to drop their children off, to come back here to be at work by 6 a.m.” said Nicole Crews, an early childhood education teacher. That’s because, according to Crews, the closest childcare facility is...