Posts Tagged ‘parenting’
Society & Culture - Jul 11, 2011 10:23 - 2 Comments
Parents shout. Siblings bully
U. WARWICK (UK) — Children who are shouted at and slapped by their parents often go on to bully their brothers and sisters. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 16, 2011 16:09 - 1 Comment
Help for men on how to be fathers
U. CHICAGO (US) — Support groups in the community and online benefit new dads and their families as they figure out how to become fathers. (more…)
Top Stories - Jun 16, 2011 8:57 - 0 Comments
With food, does father know best?
TEXAS A&M (US) — Where dad chooses to eat on Father’s Day can have a big impact on the health of his children. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 9, 2011 11:48 - 0 Comments
Terrible 2s can leave boys anxious, angry
U. ILLINOIS (US) — Toddlers punished for being clingy or frustrated are more likely to become anxious and withdrawn, a new study shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 12, 2010 12:25 - 1 Comment
Irregular shifts strain some parents
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Cohabiting parents who work nonstandard shifts tend to experience more conflict between work and family life. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 2, 2010 15:01 - 0 Comments
Alcohol: Children live what they learn
U. LEEDS (UK) — Parents are the most important influence on young children’s attitudes toward alcohol and appear successful in conveying positive messages about drinking in moderation. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 6, 2010 23:09 - 0 Comments
Kids win the junk-food tug of war
U. IOWA (US)—Parents may prefer nutritious foods for the entire family, but their preference for healthy foods is about 50 percent weaker when they’re selecting products for the kids, rather than for themselves. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 18, 2010 12:10 - 2 Comments
How to turn distant dads into family guys
U. CHICAGO (US)—Father’s Day is something of an empty holiday in many urban communities where men are often disconnected from family life, but social workers can make a difference against those odds, says a University of Chicago researcher. (more…)
Society & Culture - Apr 5, 2010 11:21 - 7 Comments
Desire for 2 kids is a mostly missed target
DUKE (US)—Most women in the United States expect to have two children. But women with more education tend to have fewer than two while those with less education tend to have more. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 11, 2010 12:40 - 0 Comments
Moms don’t need moola to be successful
U. WARWICK (UK)—New research shows that while money can’t buy happiness, a mother who is happy in herself does a better job of parenting, regardless of financial circumstances. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 1, 2010 12:03 - 36 Comments
Violent video games make kids hostile?
IOWA STATE (US)—Exposure to violent video games makes kids more aggressive, less caring—regardless of their age, sex, or culture. That’s the conclusion of a study analyzing 130 research reports that included more than 130,000 subjects worldwide. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 26, 2010 14:35 - 2 Comments
Nurturing moms negate prenatal stress
U. ROCHESTER (US)—A loving bond between mother and child early in life can help protect children from the damaging effects of prenatal exposure to stress hormone—known to be a harbinger for poor cognitive development. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 9, 2009 13:24 - 0 Comments
Putting babies ‘back to sleep’
YALE (US)—The number of caregivers placing infants on their backs for sleep has reached a plateau in the last five years, a new study finds. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 10, 2009 13:42 - 2 Comments
TV making tots more aggressive?
TULANE (US)—Three-year-old children who are exposed to more TV appear to be at an increased risk for exhibiting aggressive behavior, according to a new study. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Oct 13, 2009 18:46 - 0 Comments
Cuckolds with evolutionary know-how
YALE (US)—Evolutionary biology theory predicts that males usually won’t invest a lot of time raising offspring when there is a good chance they are not the fathers. Researchers have found a notable exception—a male fish in the Mediterranean that is more likely to be paternal when there is grave doubt about the offsprings’ parentage. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 13, 2009 10:08 - 5 Comments
Parents pick baby names on the rise
NYU (US)—When it comes to choosing a name for baby, it turns out that a name’s popularity isn’t the only influence. Like momentum traders in the stock market, parents today appear to favor names that have recently risen in popularity relative to those on the decline. (more…)
Society & Culture - Sep 10, 2009 12:09 - 3 Comments
A preschool lesson in parenting
“Parents come to school to find someone to care for their children, and they end up learning ways of taking care of each other,” says sociologist Mario Small.
Society & Culture - Jun 23, 2009 16:56 - 0 Comments
Staying together ‘for the kids’ may not be best
CORNELL (US)—While it is true that adolescents tend do better when they live with both parents, if those parents frequently argue, their teenage children are more likely to binge drink and drop out of school. (more…)
