60 Incredible Fun Facts About Kids That Will Change How You See Them

You may wonder why kids ask so many questions, why they have boundless energy, or why they sometimes act in unexpected ways. If you don’t know the science behind their behavior, it can be frustrating for you. Many parents struggle because they don’t know what to expect from their kids.

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#FactoftheDay: There are 1.8 billion adolescents and youth in the world today. In October,
@pmnch@twitter.com &
@WHO@twitter.com are hosting two days days of debate, dialogue, and action to support their wellbeing.

Learn how you can get involved:
https://www.1point8b.org/global-forum-for-adolescents

#FactOfTheDay: Among all races/ethnicities and income brackets, the most popular reason California caregivers gave for not vaccinating their oldest child against COVID-19 was that the child was too young or they haven't gotten around to it yet (41.5%), closely followed by a concern about side effects (35.1%).

https://www.kidsdata.org/topic/2487/covid19-vaccination-reason-income/table#fmt=3058&loc=2&tf=157&ch=1498,1500,1497,1496,1499,1691,1692,1693,1694,1695,1696&sortColumnId=0&sortType=asc

#FactOfTheDay: Madera County witnessed the highest infant mortality rate out of all the California counties with 7.8 infant deaths per 1,000 births in 2022, significantly exceeding the infant mortality rate of the overall state (4 infant deaths per 1,000 births) .

Get the data: https://www.kidsdata.org/topic/294/infant-mortality/table#fmt=2521&loc=2,127,347,1763,331,348,336,171,321,345,357,332,324,369,358,362,360,337,327,364,356,217,353,328,354,323,352,320,339,334,365,343,330,367,344,355,366,368,265,349,361,4,273,59,370,326,333,322,341,338,350,342,329,325,359,351,363,340,335&tf=160&sortColumnId=1&sortType=asc

#FactOfTheDay: During the pandemic, the majority (60%) of California caregivers reported that if their oldest child needed psychological or emotional counseling, the child received services from a mental health professional.

Learn more: https://www.kidsdata.org/topic/2476/covid19-mental-healthcare-receipt/table#fmt=3044&loc=2&tf=157

#FactOfTheDay: Of California caregivers who were extremely concerned about their children's safety following relaxed public health measures during the pandemic, the lowest rate belonged to caregivers in the highest annual income bracket ($100,000 or more).

Learn more: https://www.kidsdata.org/topic/2490/covid19-safety-concern-income/table#fmt=3061&loc=2&tf=157&ch=1498,1500,1497,1496,1499,1586,1588,1589,1587

#FactOfTheDay: Rates of 1st trimester prenatal care for Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander pregnancies are substantially higher in California (73%) compared with the national average (just under 50%).

Learn more: https://www.kidsdata.org/topic/313/prenatal-care-race/table#fmt=95&loc=2,1&tf=110&ch=7,11,70,507,72,9,73&sortColumnId=0&sortType=asc

#FactOfTheDay: Licensed childcare spaces were available to only a quarter of California children with parents in the workforce.

Learn more: https://www.kidsdata.org/topic/99/child-care-availability/table#fmt=262&loc=2,127,1657,331,1761,171,2168,345,357,324,369,362,360,2076,364,356,217,354,1663,339,2169,365,343,367,344,366,368,265,349,361,4,273,59,370,326,341,338,350,2145,359,363,340&tf=141&ch=1247,1248&sortColumnId=0&sortType=asc

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(Photo is of children in a preschool classroom. Photo credit: CDC via UnSplash.)

#FactOfTheDay: The percentage of children who experienced NO adverse experiences (poverty, violence, discrimination, etc.) in California (66%) is higher than in the U.S. overall (60%).

Learn more: https://youtu.be/wZ8Uxg94G70

Data: https://www.kidsdata.org/topic/2214/aces-nsch-number/table#fmt=2760&loc=1,2&tf=159&ch=1256,1454,1455,1457,1259

#FactOfTheDay: The most prominent adverse experience witnessed by California children was divorce (19.9%), follwed by economic hardship (13.2%), household drug or alcohol abuse (7.6%), and household mental illness (6.1%). This mirrors the pattern of childhood adverse experiences for the nation as a whole.
Learn more: https://www.kidsdata.org/topic/2215/aces-nsch-type/table#fmt=2761&loc=1,2&tf=159&ch=1459,1462,1458,1463,1466,1465,1460,1461,1464,1642

#FactOfTheDay: California boasts higher health insurance rates for every race/ethnicity than those of the nation as a whole.

Learn more: https://www.kidsdata.org/topic/752/health-insurance-race/table#fmt=1145&loc=1,2&tf=124&ch=200,201,7,11,726,10,72,9,73&sortColumnId=0&sortType=asc

#FactOfTheDay: In California, 15.6% of children who come from families in which the oldest member is NOT a U.S. Citizen live in poverty, which is more than twice the percentage of children in poverty who come from families in which the oldest member IS a U.S. citizen (6.7%).

Learn more: https://www.kidsdata.org/topic/2088/cpm-poverty-citizenship/table#fmt=2601&loc=2&tf=161&ch=1346,1347&sortColumnId=0&sortType=asc

#FactOfTheDay: Among California children in families in which the oldest person did not finish high school, 15.5% lived in poverty.
Learn more: https://www.kidsdata.org/topic/2090/cpm-poverty-education/table#fmt=2603&loc=2&tf=161&ch=1348,1349,1350,1351&sortColumnId=0&sortType=asc

#FactOfTheDay: California outlawed personal belief exemptions for childhood vaccination. When the law went into effect, the % with a different exemption rose. BUT despite shift across exemption types, the % of Kindergarteners who are fully-vaccinated rose.

Learn more: https://www.kidsdata.org/topic/748/immunizations-kindergarteners-exempt/trend#fmt=1141&loc=2&tf=64,110&ch=1103,1104&pdist=154

Fewer than 2 in every 10 Californians are between ages 15 and 24, yet, for the two most commonly reported STIs—chlamydia and gonorrhea—this age group accounts for 5 in every 10 and 3 in every 10 of the state’s cases, respectively.

Learn more: https://www.kidsdata.org/blog/?p=10763

The percentage of children with major disabilities—serious impairments in hearing, vision, cognition, walking, or self-care—ranged from less than 2% to more than 7% across California counties with data in 2016-2020.

Learn more: https://www.kidsdata.org/topic/770/disabilities-10k/map#loct=3&fmt=1178&tf=156

San Bernadino County has the lowest percentage of children with working parents for whom licensed childcare spaces are available (13.5%) in California.

Learn more:
https://www.kidsdata.org/topic/99/child-care-availability/table#fmt=262&loc=2,366&tf=141&ch=1247&sortColumnId=1&sortType=asc

Monterey County has the highest percentage of children in kindergarten with all required immunizations (97.1%) in California.
Learn more: https://www.kidsdata.org/topic/292/immunizations-kindergarteners/table#fmt=63&loc=2,320&tf=110&sortColumnId=1&sortType=asc

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The percentage of newborns fed exclusively breast milk during their hospitalization rose from 56.8% to 70.2% between 2010 and 2019 in California.

Learn more: https://www.kidsdata.org/topic/243/breastfeeding-status/table#fmt=299&loc=2&tf=124,46&ch=491&sortColumnId=0&sortType=asc

Five-year rates of youth disconnection—the share of California teens ages 16-19 not in school and not working—have followed national trends closely for more than a decade, declining steadily beginning in 2010-2014, then reversing in 2016-2020. https://www.kidsdata.org/topic/707/disconnected-youth-10k/trend#loc=2,1&tf=51,156
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