Masks also impede young children’s “social referencing” or ability to read social cues and emotions. Yet, despite all of this, Denver’s mask order still applies universally to three year olds.

Participants were shown images of adults and children, both with and without masks, and asked to identify emotions such as sadness, fear or anger based on the facial expressions.

Worried face masks are impairing your child’s social and emotional development? You’re not alone. Let's face it, stressing about the impact of COVID on our kids is becoming a national pastime.

Experts suggest acclimating children to masks at home and drawing a connection to superheroes’ uniforms. By Perri Klass, M.D. When you go out these days, if you must go out in this time of ...

Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin said it was a “sad day for children” after the South Carolina Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the city’s requirement of face masks in elementary and ...

Brittany Manning is a Ph.D. student studying how children learn to speak. She is also a mother, wondering how masks might affect her infant daughter’s ability to learn language. “I&#821… ...

NEW SAFETY RULES. The majority of L.A. County's child care centers, 66%, had closed as of April 23, according to the California Department of Social Services.

BETHEL — SAD 44 school district voted last night to reopen the school with no mask mandate, albeit wearing masks strongly recommended. It was a 10 – 4 vote, with the majority of the ‘yes’s ...