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Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death among children despite the widespread availability of effective child passenger restraint systems (CPRSs) such as child safety seats. However, even when provided with free CPRSs and education about how to use them properly, many caregivers do not make them a part of their daily routine, according to the authors of a new study published in the Wisconsin Medical Journal (Vol. 108, No. 7).Researchers from The Medical College of Wisconsin in...
More than one-third of infants and toddlers live with the television on most of the time and it may hinder parent/child interaction, U.S. researchers say. University of Massachusetts researchers studied about 50 1-, 2- and 3-year-old children, each of whom was with one parent, at a university child study center. For half of the one-hour session, parents and children were in a playroom without TV. For the other half-hour, parents chose an adult-directed program to watch, such as the...
SAN MATEO, Calif., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Caring.com, the leading site for caregivers, is using social media to help support a cause or honor a loved one. Caring Candles brings together the emotion of caregiving with the interactivity of social media, allowing caregivers to share their caring experience with family and friends across their social networks, blogs and websites. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070921/AQF020LOGO) "Just as rubber wrist bracelets have been popular...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Aug. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Hatch, Inc. (www.hatchearlychildhood.com) announced today the launch of It's in the Bag(TM) Infant & Toddler kits. These seven compact, portable kits containing high-quality educational products and pre-designed activities for caregivers support infants and toddlers by reinforcing nationally recognized developmental milestones. Each research-based, themed kit includes age-appropriate books; Guided Reading Labels that ensure meaningful and...
Language is a central element of social life. It is not only a prerequisite for personal relationships, but also for employment prospects. If a child's language development is impaired, this can have far-reaching negative consequences. Thus, it would be beneficial if those children who would benefit from targeted help could be identified at a very early stage.However, the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) could not find any proof of benefit from language screening...
A U.S. study challenges the view that people with some genotypes are at greater risk for depression, anxiety and abuse of drugs and alcohol, researchers said. The researchers studied infant monkeys from four different rearing conditions to examine how social context and different forms of early adversity interact with genotype to influence behavior. Animals reared in small social groups were more likely to be aggressive and anxious, particularly among those with a low activity MAOA genotype....
New book, Attached at the Heart: 8 Proven Parenting Principles for Raising Connected and Compassionate Children, says don't let your baby cry it out NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- New research shows babies cry to communicate their needs - to be fed, changed, or comforted. Babies need to be touched and held - So go ahead, pick him up! In their new book, Attached at the Heart, authors and Attachment Parenting International (API) co-founders Barbara Nicholson and Lysa Parker...
By Brimhall, Andrew Wampler, Karen; Kimball, Thomas Using grounded theory methodology 16 participants, each in a second marriage as a result of divorce, were interviewed individually and with their partner. Participants were asked to describe how their first marriages were currently affecting their second. Trust was the central category that emerged. From this central category 3 additional categories surfaced: lack of trust in the previous relationship, attempts to increase trust while...
Probability of cheating during the course of a relationship varies between 40 and 76 percentThe probability of someone cheating during the course of a relationship varies between 40 and 76 percent. "It's very high," says Geneviève Beaulieu-Pelletier, PhD student at the Université de Montréal's Department of Psychology."These numbers indicate that even if we get married with the best of intentions things don't always turn out the way we plan. What interests me about...
By Beth Stephenson, The Edmond Sun, Okla. Aug. 2--EDMOND -- A little more than ten years ago, several of our friends from church had recently adopted children through the foster care system in El Paso County, Colo. We were interested ourselves, since we had one girl and six boys and there was a four-year space between the last two. If we could help a little girl and fill the hole in the age line up of our children, it would be perfect. We had finished the paperwork and evaluations and were...
