childhood
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The Inequality of Poverty: How Places, Parents, and Poverty Affect the Gender Gap
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The environment in which children grow up affects the economic outcomes of men and women differently.
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Mindfulness in the Classroom: Meeting Children’s Socioemotional Needs
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Evidence suggests that children exposed to social and emotional learning programs with mindfulness practices show significant improvements in executive functions, well-being, social behavior, and academic performance.
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Learned Behavior: With Parents in Prison, Do Children Develop Lasting Bad Health Habits?
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With more and more parents in prison, what can we expect of their children’s health outcomes as adults?
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Food Stamps: More than a Safety Net?
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Researchers find positive effects on health and economic self-sufficiency decades after initial exposure to the largest US hunger safety net program.