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How Family Pets Affect Child Development [VIDEO]
By Hannah Grace | Mar 08, 2017 08:30 PM ESTAnyone that has grown up with and loved a family pet will feel the value of companionship.
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Child Development: Toddlers More Similar To Dogs Than Chimpanzees In Social Intelligence
By Minnow Blythe | Mar 02, 2017 07:22 PM ESTIn the latest study on child development, researchers found that when it comes to social intelligence, 2-year-old toddlers are more similar to dogs than to chimpanzees.
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Child Development: Stuffed Animal Sleepovers Help Improve Reading Abilities In Young Children
By Minnow Blythe | Mar 01, 2017 07:43 PM ESTIn the latest in child development, researchers have scientifically proven the benefits of the stuffed animal sleepover programs.
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Tantrums, Being Clingy May Be 'Soft Signs' Of Child Abuse
By Anne Collins | Feb 23, 2017 08:00 AM ESTToday’s guidelines are primarily aimed at teachers as well as social workers and the police to improve their responsiveness to child abuse. NICE said ‘We are saying err on the side of curiosity – it might be nothing but it might be something.’
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Stepping Up To The Plate? When Do Unmarried Men Claim Paternity Of A Child?
By Minnow Blythe | Feb 17, 2017 07:24 PM ESTWhat factors affect the decision of unmarried men to claim themselves father of a child?
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Genetically Modified Children Can Avoid Disease; Gene Editing Not For Designer Babies
By Hannah Grace | Feb 15, 2017 07:40 AM ESTThe gene editing technology should not be used to make designer babies, but only to avoid serious diseases.
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Child Development: Naptime Helps Preschoolers Learn Better
By Minnow Blythe | Feb 14, 2017 07:45 PM ESTNaptimes affect how children learn.
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Child Development: Children Take On Each Other’s Personality Traits
By Minnow Blythe | Feb 06, 2017 06:58 PM ESTHow and when do children develop their personalities?
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Depression And Anxiety In Newborns – Predictor Of Mental Illness In The Future?
By Hannah Grace | Feb 06, 2017 07:50 AM ESTNewborns can already show signs and symptoms of sadness, excessive shyness, nervousness and separation anxiety.
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Researchers Against Letting Children Play With Barbies
By Anne Collins | Jan 30, 2017 09:00 AM ESTMattel, the Barbie toy maker, revealed that they recently released a number of Barbies with different body shapes, including a curvy Barbie. This is a good start for Mattel but experts hope that they can do more.
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Negative Impact Of Food Commercials On Toddlers
By Abbie Kraft | Jan 20, 2017 07:40 AM ESTStudies reveal that food commercials can impact children as young as two years old.
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New Guidelines for Genetic Testing in Children Issued by AAP
By Jennifer Broderick | Feb 23, 2013 02:10 PM ESTAs access to genetic testing continues to expand and interest in genetics and genomics rises, groups representing pediatricians and geneticists issued new recommendations on Thursday when it comes to testing a child's DNA for genetic conditions.
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Physical Inactivity Could Lead to Poor Motor Coordination In Children
By Drishya Nair | Aug 15, 2012 10:02 AM EDTA new study has revealed that excessive TV watching could hamper their body coordination. According to the study, spending more than three-quarters of their time watching Television or playing video games, makes them nine times more prone to poor body coordination when compared to their peers who are active. The study involving 200 plus children found that children who were less active could not balance properly, jump up and down, hop on one leg over an obstacle or shift a platform.
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Children should be Taught Coping Skills
By Drishya Nair | Aug 13, 2012 11:42 AM EDTWith the growing pressure on children to be able to survive in the tough and competitive society, and with growing peer pressure and increasingly tougher situations that children have to deal with these days, it is the need of the hour that parents teach children to deal with stressful situations. Just like teaching how to hold a pen or how to ride a bike children also need to be taught to deal with hard situations beforehand, experts from Melbourne University's Graduate School of Education say.
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Sharing Child Custody is Pain for Majority of Women
By Drishya Nair | Aug 11, 2012 07:32 AM EDTA child is put in the shared custody of divorced parents to make sure there are fewer conflicts. However, if the couple is not able to stay in good terms, the situation may worsen. All divorced or separated couples do not come to terms with their situation and not everybody manages to have friendly relationship with their ex-partners. Thus, according to a U.S. researcher, there is a lot of animosity expressed by some divorced women sharing custody of their children.
