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hideA parent is a mother or father; one who sires or gives birth to and/or nurtures and raises an offspring. The different roles of parents vary throughout the tree of life, and are especially complex in human culture.
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Language support in schools vital for children with autism
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Teachers and parents must be vigilant in observing difficulties with language comprehension, reading and spelling in children and young people with autism, Asperger's syndrome and ADHD.
Recession May Have Longer-Term Effects on Low-Income Families, Researcher Says
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Nov 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The recession may be having some longer-term effects on families and children, including lower test scores and more single-parent homes, according to a Duke University professor whose research focuses on ...
How Parents Can Play a Role in a Child Injury
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Oct 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When a teenager suffers a sports-related injury, many times their agony is more mental than physical.
Pregnant women who are lesbians want to be treated like any other expectant mother
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Midwives often struggle to meet the needs of pregnant women who are lesbians, with patients reporting that the focus is often on their sexuality rather than the fact that they are expecting a baby, according to research in ...
The Medical Minute: There's no trick to a safe Halloween
Oct 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Halloween is supposed to be a spooky night, but parents don’t have to be scared about their kids’ safety if they follow some simple safety tips from Safe Kids Dauphin County, led by the Penn State Hershey ...
Stereotypes can fuel teen misbehavior
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Oct 21, 2009 |
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Drinking. Drugs. Caving into peer pressure. When parents expect their teenagers to conform to negative stereotypes, those teens are in fact more likely to do so, according to new research by Christy Buchanan, ...
Recent 'momentum' influences choices of baby names, psychology professors find
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Oct 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- How do people choose a name for their child? Researchers have long noted that the overall popularity of a name exerts a strong influence on people's preferences -- more popular names, such ...
Survey finds just 40 percent of adults 'absolutely certain' they will get H1N1 vaccine
Oct 02, 2009 |
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In a new survey, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers found that just 40% of adults are "absolutely certain" they will get the H1N1 vaccine for themselves, and 51% of parents are "absolutely certain" that they ...
Lack of social support tied to parental depression
Sep 28, 2009 |
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The latest research from Family Relations shows that parents in low-income environments are more prone to depression when there is a lack of social support. This is especially prevalent in rural regions, where mental health ...
Study shows parents back junk-food ban in schools
Sep 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The issues surrounding children being overweight or obese plague society. In fact, the prevalence of these rates has tripled in the past three decades. But the University of Alberta's Paul ...
Do your children push the boundaries? It may be a sign of future leadership abilities study shows
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Sep 28, 2009 |
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Children whose parents use a firm parenting style that still allows them to test the rules and learn from it are more likely to assume leadership roles as adults according to a new study published in a recent edition of The ...
Teens with own cars have more crashes, study finds
Sep 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Parents beware: Giving in to teens' demands for their own cars can have dangerous consequences, new research suggests.
Social background weighs heavily on teenage diet
Sep 25, 2009 |
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Teenagers' attitudes to diet and weight are shaped by their social class, according to new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.
Children who are spanked have lower IQs, new research finds
Sep 25, 2009 |
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Children who are spanked have lower IQs worldwide, including in the United States, according to new groundbreaking research by University of New Hampshire professor Murray Straus. The research results will ...
Lies my parents told me: New study shows parents use deception to influence their children
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Sep 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Parents say that honesty is the best policy, but they regularly lie to their children as a way of influencing their behaviour and emotions, finds new research from the University of Toronto and the University ...
