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Insufficient Sleep May Lead To Teen Obesity

Here is another reason why your teen should get enough sleep, according to a new study. It has been found that insufficient rest among teens could translate to their becoming overweight.
Whether it is being online, networking with friends, or spending time on other gadgets and texting, or even getting insufficient rest because the exams are [...]

Beware Of Accidentally Overdosing Your Child

Recent research has shown that a majority of parents may actually be giving the wrong medication dose to their child; either overdosing or giving insufficient medication.
In a study that was presented at Lisbon, parents were asked questions in respect of a number of different scenarios to see what they would do given the circumstances. They [...]

DNA Tests For Kids Future?

Parents now want to be able to predict what their child is best suited for when he or she grows up and DNA tests are used to determine this: the child’s memory power, potential IQ, temperament and even what sort of sport the child will excel in as an adult.
The ACTN3 gene, also called the [...]

Are You Forgetting To Play With Your Child?

In the hurly burly of bringing up children, and the very onerous responsibilities that go with the job, it is perhaps only expected that many parents tend to forget to play with their child.
A recently conducted survey found that a significant proportion of parents have forgotten how to play with their children and an even [...]

Bird Song To Alleviate Injection Anxiety

Bird song may help calm children – this one is for every parent who had to drag a reluctant and anxious child to the doctor for their routine inoculations or other medication that is to be administered via injection.
The article speaks about a project at Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool which took the initiative to [...]

Better Parenting Equals Better Child Mental Health

According to this article, one in ten children suffers from a diagnosable mental health problem, making this a real problem. This problem can however be positively impacted by teaching parents proper parenting skills and techniques, which is seen to significantly reduce the incidence of mental health problems among children.
A pilot project in one of the [...]

Developing The Emotional Intelligence Of Your Child

There are Four Criteria to define Emotional Intelligence (EQ), according to Nana Dawson-Andoh of Bryn Mawr College. They are:

Identifying Emotions – This is the ability of the child to recognize how you and those around him are feeling.
Using Emotions – This is the child’s ability to generate and express emotions, and then rationalize the reason [...]

Understand Your Teen To Better Communicate With Them

Talking with your teenager and getting across your message can be very frustrating, taxing and challenging. This is the period when they are so self-centered and will not listen to anyone except themselves, making guidance and discipline so difficult.
You must understand however that this is a stage they are going through and not something permanent.
And [...]

Teen Hearing Loss On Rise

It may be alarming for parents to hear, but more teens are suffering hearing loss in recent times than before, according to a new study. It is a new study that implicates personal music devices in this trend which is seeing more and more teens suffering partial deafness.
According to the study conducted by Josef Shargorodsky [...]

Student Sex Life And Academics Not Connected, Says Study

It has been assumed to a large extent that sexually active teens tend to do less well in school and that being sexually active negatively impacts grades. Recent research presented at the American Sociological Association in Atlanta challenges that assumption.
A new study is telling parents that the sex life of kids will not impact academics [...]