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Children whose parents lack warmth more likely to grow up obese, study finds
UK data shows authoritarian or neglectful parenting linked to higher weight in children and adolescents
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Mothers who spend more time on social media sites about motherhood experience higher stress hormone levels, study finds
A study published in the journal Biological Psychology suggests that exposure to social media content about motherhood can trigger a sense of threat among mothers, activating the body’s stress response.
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How you help a child go to sleep is related to their behavioral development, finds new study
A group of international researchers examined parental methods to help toddlers sleep across 14 cultures and found that these methods are related to the development of a child’s temperament.
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Opioids were the most common cause of fatal poisoning of young children, a study finds
The study's sobering findings underscore the extent of the opioid epidemic’s impact on children, according to its lead author.
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Women carry babies for lower energetic cost than men, study finds
A new study examining how much energy males and females spend carrying babies in different positions reported that women expend less energy carrying their babies than men in all carrying positions. Carrying a baby on one’s back was the most energy efficient and people carrying babies this way were able to maintain their unloaded walking speeds. The study was published in Evolutionary Human Sciences.
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Giving kids no autonomy at all has become a parenting norm. The pandemic is making this worse
Teaching children independence breeds confidence and social skills. Why aren’t we encouraging this?
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Harsh discipline increases risk of children developing lasting mental health problems
In a study of over 7,500 Irish children, researchers at the University of Cambridge and University College Dublin found that children exposed to ‘hostile’ parenting at age three were 1.5 times likelier than their peers to have mental health symptoms which qualified as ‘high risk’ by age nine.
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Study identifies processes linking parent's anxious overprotection to reduced academic confidence in their children
New research sheds light on how parents’ tendency to be overly anxious and protective affects their child’s academic performance in college. The study, published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, identifies several interpersonal and intrapersonal processes that play a key role in linking parental overprotection to reduced academic confidence.
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Kids Are Behind in School. How Can We Help?
Emotional regulation skills set the stage for closing the learning gap.
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Sci-fi books are rare in school even though they help kids better understand science
Despite their scarcity, science fiction books are highly sought after by elementary school students.
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Balancing Screen Time: How to Limit Screen Addiction in the Family
One of the common issues of living in the modern era is screen addiction. It is common in children, teens and adults as well. As spending too much time in front of a screen has adverse effects on child development, parents have an essential role in balancing screen time and limiting screen addition in the family. Keep reading to learn more about how to do that efficiently. Spending too much time on different kinds of screens adversely affects people, especially children in development. Excessive screen time can also cause addiction and behavioural issues. If we manage it well, we can prevent it from happening. We can do that by planning our
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