Parents' genes may influence children's back to school fears
Many parents may have noticed their children seemed on edge during their first week of school. They may have been agitated, withdrawn or more focused on themselves, rather than what was going on around...
BPA exposure and obesity in children: Just a correlation?
In a recent article, Eng et al. (2013) found that higher levels of bisphenol A (BPA) were associated with several measures of obesity in children. Specifically, children exposed to higher levels of bisphenol A...
Genetics: Why parenting can never have a rule book
Any parent will tell you that there is no simple recipe for raising a child. Being a parent means getting hefty doses of advice – often unsolicited – from others. But such advice often...
Inducing and Augmenting Labor May be Associated with Increased Risk of Autism
Pregnant women whose labors are induced or augmented may have an increased risk of bearing children with autism, especially if the baby is male, according to a large, retrospective analysis by researchers at Duke...
Children of obese mothers at greater risk of early heart death as adults
Maternal obesity and heart disease in the offspring
Children of obese and overweight women have a higher risk of early cardiovascular death as adults, finds a study published on bmj.com today.
The findings highlight the urgent...
Bedwetting treatments offer help
Bedwetting affects up to 20 percent of five year olds—the age when most children have learned bladder control—and can result in an array of stressful and embarrassing social, emotional and psychological problems.
For concerned parents...
Giving Preschoolers Choice Increases Sharing Behavior
Getting kids to share their toys is a never-ending battle, and compelling them to do so never seems to help. New research suggests that allowing children to make a choice to sacrifice their own...
Boys suffer from their father’s long working hours
Fathers’ extremely long working hours can be detrimental to their sons´ wellbeing. This is the key finding of a longitudinal study by Jianghong Li (senior researcher at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center) and...
Boys suffer from their father's long working hours
Fathers’ extremely long working hours can be detrimental to their sons´ wellbeing. This is the key finding of a longitudinal study by Jianghong Li (senior researcher at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center) and...
How parents see themselves may affect their child’s brain and stress level
A mother’s perceived social status predicts her child’s brain development and stress indicators, finds a study at Boston Children’s Hospital. The new study is the first to link brain function to maternal self-perception.
In the study, children...
