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Are summer holidays good for children? It's time researchers asked them

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By Stephanie Chambers, Susie Smillie, Lisa Lock
| Phys.org Verified
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain When academic research has explored the impact of school summer vacations, it has often focused on the costs to parents and children's learning and health. The child care juggle, the costs of summer vacation activities and the potential impact of learning loss or more sedentary behavior by children during vacations do have a real impact on families. But research on the summer break often does not reflect how children and young people feel about school breaks.
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Are summer holidays good for children? It’s time researchers asked them

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By Stephanie Chambers
| Inkl
SeventyFour/Shutterstock When academic research has explored the impact of school summer holidays, it has often focused on the costs to parents and to children’s learning and health. The childcare juggle, the costs of summer holiday activities and the potential impact of losses in learning or more sedentary behaviour by children in the holidays do have a real impact on families. But research on the summer break often does not reflect how children and young people feel about school holidays.
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Who is Sam Mraiche? Inside Alberta’s health care controversy

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By Tom Cardoso Verified, Carrie Tait Verified, Mark MacKinnon Verified, Stephanie Chambers
| The Globe and Mail Verified
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