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Teenage years can sometimes be the most difficult time to deal with, for children as well as for parents. It's when they are neither considered adults nor a child. This could be confusing and adolescents find it very difficult to cope with the situation. The physical, psychological and hormonal changes could make them fussy or irritated, and this certainly reflects in their interpersonal and social relationships. A study by researchers from University of Missouri describes how adolescents......
A latest research cliaims that women who are under stress during pregnancy, could have babies with weak immunity. The children could fall ill often up to the age of four years. If you are pregnant, you better be happy. A latest research says that stress during pregnancy could harm the unborn child's health for years to come. The study revealed that if the expectant mother undergoes major upheaval, such as a separation, it dramatically increased the chances of the baby suffering ill health by...
After various studies that have linked computer and video games with isolation and depression in teenagers, the games are now being used to tackle the opposite. In an innovative New Zealand programme, computers are being used to deal with adolescent depression. The game, SPARX, is different from other games and does not encourage teenagers to engage in mindless destruction. It is designed using a psychological approach known as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and counsels the children subtly....
A latest research warns parents that psychological abuse could be as damaging to a child's physical and mental health as physical abuse like slapping or punching. According to experts from American academy of pediatrics, even though its difficult to pinpoint or produce a figure, psychological abuse may be the most common type of child abuse. Psychological abuse includes the acts of belittling, denigrating, terrorizing, exploiting, emotional unresponsiveness, or corrupting a child to the point...
According to a recent research conducted by a team from the University of Missouri, boys' approach to solving math problems could help them perform better than girls.
Our action defines us and many of these things are taught to us by our parents or elders and there are many other aspects which are not taught. All these constitute social norms which govern our action and inaction. The observance of social norms helps us fit into the society. In a latest study by researchers Marco Schmidt and Michael Tomasello of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, the authors have attempted to better understand the important concept of 'social glue' ...
A latest study warns mothers to be of drinking heavily during pregnancy as the study reveals that it could cause central nervous system abnormalities in children. The study further reveals that most of the children whose mothers drink during pregnancy do not necessarily develop fetal alcohol syndrome. Diagnosis of this condition requires abnormalities in three areas: facial features, physical growth and the central nervous system.Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders are a range of problems which ari...
Puppy fat, though seems cute, may be dangerous, a latest study has found. According to the study, two out of three severely obese children are at the risk of heart disease. For the study, the researchers conducted the examined the data of 500 children in Netherlands between the year 2005 and 2007. Of them, 307 were classified as severely obese. Apparently, over half of the severely obese children were boys and seemed to be more severely obese at the younger end of the age spectrum, whereas the o...
The next time you see your toddler walking on toes, you may have reasons to worry, as a latest study claims that toe-walking could be a sign of a developmental delay or neuropsychiatric disorders in a child. According to the study from Sweden, toe-walking could be caused by certain conditions like cerebral palsy. However, some healthy children could toe-walk habitually as well. The Swedish study revealed that by the age of 5 and half years, 40 percent of children with either developmental delays...
Providing yet another evidence on how young girls are taking extreme steps to chase the media defined "perfect" and thin bodies, a recent research has found that schoolgirls as young as 12 are not happy with the way they look. They wish they were thinner and are skipping meals to lose weight. According to the research conducted by Schools Health Education Unit, half of the 12 and 13 year olds and 58 per cent of 14 or 15 year olds said that they wanted to lose weight.
A latest study wants parents to stop trying to pressurizing their child in potty training at a very early stage.
Behavioral problem among children is getting increasingly common and the affects of it are seen when the child reaches adolescence and continues till adulthood. The consequences of behavioral problems are bad, including the child having to face peer-rejection in some cases, poor academic performance, poor psychiatric health and poor physical health too. There have been plenty of researches attempting to find the cause of such disorders, with most of them concentrating on parenting and parent-chi...
A latest study claims that the father's occupation could be one of the potential causes behind a child born with physical or mental disability.
When a child is born with a physical or mental disability it's not just the child but the family as well needs to deal with the illness.
After a latest survey which revealed that children these days are spending 10 times more time indoors than they spend on outdoor activities, here is another study which chalks out the ill effects of TV watching, a couch bound activity.
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