child development

Calm Down your Agitated Child – Tips here

Published by Simmy Mishra on Sun, 06/12/2011 - 13:09 in

Parents need to find out either distracting ways to pull their kid out of aggression or a decent time out to convey to them that a breach of principles has been done. Aggression in kids is usually a stimulus to some cause, treating them and resolving what is troubling them is our responsibility.

Short-term deafness in childhood linked to 'lazy ear'

Published by prince damin on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 08:16 in

Hearing scientist, Dr. Daniel Polley from the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, United States, the senior study author, said, “An analogous problem may exist in the realm of hearing, in that children commonly experience a buildup of viscous fluid in the middle ear cavity, called otitis media with effusion, which can degrade the quality of acoustic signals reaching the brain and has been associated with long-lasting loss of auditory perceptual acuity."

Spanking leads to behavioral problems in kids: Study

Published by prince damin on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 07:04 in

Experts noted that children are too young to understand the aggressive behavior of the parents. “Age one is a key time for establishing the quality of the parenting and the relationship between parent and the child," said lead researcher Lisa J. Berlin, of the Center for Child and Family Policy at Duke University.

"Spanking at age 1 reflects a negative dynamic, and increases children's aggression at age 2,” she added.

Maternal employment does not hamper child development--study

Published by prince damin on Wed, 02/02/2011 - 11:30 in

Jane Waldfogel, professor of social work at Columbia, who co-authored the study, stated, “Prior research has asked a somewhat artificial question: if the one thing that changed in a family was that the mother went out to work, what difference would it make for the child?

“But in reality, lots of other things change the minute she goes out to work, including the quality of childcare, the mother’s mental health, the relationships within the family and the household income. We’ve examined all those things.”

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