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CHILD DEVELOPMENT NEWS
Maharashtra Cabinet approves mobile outreach units for rehabilitation, overall development of street children
May 13, 2025 8:31 pm
31 teams will be deployed, initiative is expected to benefit thousands of vulnerable children
Busting potty-training myths
June 04, 2023 5:16 pm
If you have read books, watched guides, and asked friends and family for help and it still is not working out for you, there is nothing to worry about. Potty training might be a challenge, but it is not impossible, and your child will certainly learn it.
Pune Inc: Working with artisans, startup revives traditional toys to aid better child development
January 11, 2023 4:13 am
Pune-based Toy Trunk creates alternatives for infants and toddlers who otherwise consume content on mobile phones and televisions, especially after the successive lockdowns in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
‘Balsnehi’ buses, an initiative to rehabilitate street-children
December 28, 2022 2:25 pm
The project will have a tenure of six months and will be implemented in six districts -- Mumbai city, Mumbai suburbs, Thane, Nashik, Pune and Nagpur by district women and child development officers in collaboration with NGOs working in this sector.
Doctor in the House: Do you suspect speech delay in your child? Here are some tell-tale signs
November 25, 2022 3:06 pm
Speech delay can be a sign of hearing loss or neurological disorders. Early intervention goes a long way in finding a solution
How can we quell fears and anxieties as schools reopen
July 15, 2022 5:34 pm
Provide children opportunities so that they have a chance to make choices and rebuild their confidence
Listening to young people could help reduce pandemic-related harms to children
June 14, 2022 8:33 pm
Young people have taken on leadership roles in their communities, leveraging their skills to do everything from producing mask extenders for health care workers to starting a food delivery business to aid elderly community members.
Niti Aayog, UNICEF join hands for report on child development
April 21, 2022 10:27 pm
The move aims to achieve child-development priorities under the UN's sustainable development goals (SDG) and to analyse recent children-related trends.
Can smartphone usage by parents hinder child's development? Here's what a study says
December 19, 2021 5:27 pm
As per the study, the interaction between mothers and their toddlers is reduced by factor of four when they use their smartphones extensively, negatively impacting their growth
Survey identifies 18,914 children with severe acute malnutrition in Maharashtra
October 07, 2021 12:50 pm
Of these, the survey has found that 1,578 children need the Nutritional Rehabilitation Centre’s intervention.
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