New study shows impact of birth order on maternal solicitousness towards children's GI symptoms
...amily baby. In my personal experience, my youngest kid often calls out for more being taken care of, and I also think I always see her as younger - at every age - than her sisters were at the same age," commented Dr. Levy. Earlier research by Dr. Levy published in 2004 in the American Journal of Gastroen...Brain processing of speech sounds is different in some southern English speakers
...ed in a lot of different areas of the country as a kid and was exposed to many different ways of talking, so this topic was really fascinating," Conrey said. "We know from sociolinguistics the study of language variation and change that a great deal of phonetic variation occurs even within a single lan...Virtual communities may foster mental health in severely ill kids
...rs, who notes that she never liked technology as a kid growing up in Buenos Aires. Good Science from Mothers, Immigrants As a mother of three and a native of Argentina, Bers takes special satisfaction in the Presidential Early Career Award. "Twelve years ago I left my home in Argentina with the d...Violence in the home leads to higher rates of childhood bullying
...ink, 'If Daddy can do this, perhaps I can hit this kid to get my way.' When parents engage in violence, children may assume violence is the right way to do things," she said. "This study supports the idea that parental violence can lead to violence between children and their peers," added Todd Herrenko...RAND study finds alcohol advertising and marketing associated with adolescent drinking
...ess is that many parents think it's harmless: your kid has a Budweiser T-shirt, it's just funny. But it probably is a subtle communication to kids that beer drinking is cool." Researchers also found that a child would be more likely to drink if the child's friends approved of drinking and if the child...Heat-related deaths in middle, high school football players spikes in 2006
...an others,but, Mueller said, there's no reason any kid should be on it. Its a list of boys who died playing or practicing football, kids whose body temperatures rose so high and so fast under the summer sun that their brains couldnt keep up, couldnt regulate their cores, and the boys died. When somet......ctors such as bullying do, she said. It gives a kid language to be able to talk about what it would mean to them to be able to make lifestyle changes, she said, adding that Janickes research helps advance researchers understanding of factors that affect a childs quality of life. Addressing emotional...