– Joanna Jedruszczuk, Maya Nasser, Stephanie Hinck, Diyala Mawad, & Yoleiry Quezada
The damage the US government is doing to 12,000 kids
ICE detaining children has an effect on their brain development. Their development is impacted from the trauma of separating children from their parents and child abuse during their detainment. This article was found after looking on Twitter and searching “Developmental Psychology” and going to the News section of the search results.
An informative website that shows the latest headlines in Child Development is available on ScienceDaily.com
On this website we found an article called:
Teens too low on sleep, activity, and too high on screen time
This article focuses on adolescents health. The article states, “only 1 in 20 U.S. adolescents is meeting national recommendations for sleeping, physical activity, and screen time, according to new research.” Teenagers are spending too much time on electronics and not enough time sleeping. This is affecting their emotional well-being and academic performance.
Research Methods in Developmental Psychology 