School-age children with overweight or obesity continue to be problematic in the United States, and are associated with many health, social, and financial problems. Schools provide an excellent venue in which to promote healthy weight in students, and school nurses are well-positioned to play an essential role in controlling obesity. The number of…

Over the past three decades, children from low-income families and those from more affluent families have increasingly been attending different public schools. While recent work has helped us understand patterns of income segregation between districts and schools within districts, we know very little about segregation of students as they…

The present study examined the fairness judgements and reasoning offered by children and adolescents in the context of the division of household labour among siblings. The data were examined for grade level differences in the endorsement of three distributive justice principles (equality, equity and need). Male and female third grade, sixth grade…