The Best Way To Get Your Childs Attention
Statistics show attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects up to 12 percent of children in the United States. Research has shown // that increased attention problems at age 7 among kids was seen more in children who watched more television as babies and toddlers.The study tracked the number of hours kids watched television at ages 1 and 3. On average, 1-year-olds watched abou...Dads Age Found To Affect The Childs Risk for Schizophrenia
After studying around 700,000 people researchers say dads who have children at an older age may increase their child's risk // for developing schizophrenia later in life. Researchers based their analysis on records of patients admitted to the hospital in Sweden between 1989 and 2001 with a diagnosis of schizophrenia or another non-affective psychosis. Researchers say they found a strong...Strengthen Your Childs Immunity Give Him A Cat
Research in Sydney has shown that children who grow up with cats are less likely to develop allergies than those who live in a cat free house. // The studies conducted on 500 children born to families with no cats as pets, found that if they acquired a cat in their first five years of life they were unlikely to test positive in allergy skin-prick tests. Pediatrician Catarina Almqvist...Mothers Diet During Pregnancy Affects Childs Behavior
According to a recent study, it has been found that intake of foods during pregnancy plays a vital role shaping the child’s behavior. Scientists have found that the intake of diet// and behavior of child are interrelated, and for mothers whose young children are misbehaving may have eaten less nutritious food at the time of pregnancy. Dr. Laura Murray-Kolb, a postdoctoral fellow at Penn...A New Study Shows Social Well Being Plays An Important Part In Childs Health
A nation wide study conducted on more than 57,000 children found that greater the social disadvantage the children have, // like being poor or having a single mother who is a high school dropout, greater are their chances of becoming sick, immaterial of race or health insurance coverage. Sociologists have always believed for long that growing up in physically or mentally impoverishing...