Children’s urinary difficulties not related to choice of toilet training method
Parents: stop worrying about which toilet training method to use - where urinary accidents in children are concerned, it doesn’t matter. This clearly-stated message, published November 1 in Clinical Pediatricsby physician researchers from the...
Does true love wait? Age of first sexual experience predicts romantic outcomes in adulthood
It’s a common lament among parents: Kids are growing up too fast these days. Parents worry about their kids getting involved in all kinds of risky behavior, but they worry especially about their kids’...
Research finds emotions fall on tone-deaf ears
A new study has revealed that those with congenital amusia (commonly refereed to as tone-deafness) have trouble decoding emotions in speech and find it hard to pick up on emotional cues in conversation.
“In all...
Links between parents’ and children’s dental health, and chronic diseases and dental health
Children's oral health is associated with the oral health of their parents and their family circumstances according to Families and their oral health, a report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare...
Mothers’ touch could change effects of prenatal stress
Scientists at the Universities of Liverpool, Manchester, and King’s College London, have found that mothers who stroke their baby’s body in the first few weeks after birth may change the effects that stress during...
Fathers matter when it comes to their teenager’s sexual behaviour
A new study by New York University professor Vincent Guilamo-Ramos and colleagues from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that fathers’ parenting behavior influences the sexual behavior of their adolescent children....
Fathers matter when it comes to their teenager's sexual behaviour
A new study by New York University professor Vincent Guilamo-Ramos and colleagues from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that fathers’ parenting behavior influences the sexual behavior of their adolescent children....
Antibiotics not effective for cough due to “common cold” in children
New research suggests that antibiotics are not effective in treating cough due to the common cold in children. The study, presented at CHEST 2012, the annual meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians,...
Most children experience their neighbourhoods from the back seat of the car
At a time when childhood obesity rates are on the rise, Deakin University research has found that parents prefer to play chauffeur than let their children walk or ride to school or around the...
Parental stress linked to child obesity and fast food
Parents with a higher number of stressors in their lives are more likely to have obese children, according to a new study by pediatric researchers. Furthermore, when parents perceive themselves to be stressed, their...
