Science Current Events | Science News | Brightsurf.com
 

Parent Child Relationship Current Events | Parent Child Relationship News | 4

Sort By: Page Views | Date

Canberra parents lack allergy awareness: Study
Nearly four per cent of ACT kindergarten children have a peanut allergy and while the region's schools are well prepared to cope with this, some parents are taking inappropriate action when dealing with their child's allergy, according to a new study.   view more (2009-03-17)

Teenagers with one parent at risk of substance abuse
Teenagers from some single parent families are most likely to experiment with drugs, cigarettes and alcohol and experience some mental health issues.   view more (2004-08-24)

Separation from mom, dad linked with learning trouble in kids
In the wake of divorce, illness, violence and other problems that can unsettle homes, countless young children are liable to experience temporary separations from one or both parents before packing their knapsack for kindergarten.   view more (2008-05-16)

Nearly one-third of US parents don't know what to expect of infants
Almost one-third of U.S. parents have a surprisingly low-level knowledge of typical infant development and unrealistic expectations for their child's physical, social and emotional growth, according research from the University of Rochester.   view more (2008-05-05)

Infant snoring linked to parental snoring
Young children born to parents who snore have an increased risk of snoring.   view more (2006-04-11)

Low grades, bad behavior? Siblings may be to blame, FSU study says
We all know the story of a man named Brady and the group that somehow formed a family. But if the iconic '70s sitcom about a "blended" family reflected reality, the Brady Bunch likely would have been dealing with much more than silly sibling squabbles.   view more (2008-04-23)

Study: Verbal aggression may affect children's behavior
The methods mothers use to control their children during playtime and other daily activities could have a negative impact on their child's self-esteem and behavior, according to a new Purdue University study.   view more (2008-08-05)

Fathers influence child language development more than mothers
In families with two working parents, fathers had greater impact than mothers on their children's language development between ages 2 and 3, according to a study by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Frank Porter Graham (FPG) Child Development Institute and UNC's School of Education.   view more (2006-10-31)

Personality and parents' alcoholism interact to influence a person's risk of becoming an alcoholic
Personality and parental alcoholism interact to influence an individual's risk of becoming an alcoholic   view more (2006-06-26)

Parenting and behaviour problems in children
A framework for understanding the normal variations of parenting is necessary when considering the tasks facing parents of children with behaviour problems and/or disabilities. This is one of the issues raised in a symposium today, Tuesday 21 December, presented by members of the Department of Psychology, University of Southampton, at The British... view more... (1999-12-16)

Parenting and behaviour problems in children
A framework for understanding the normal variations of parenting is necessary when considering the tasks facing parents of children with behaviour problems and/or disabilities. This is one of the issues raised in a symposium today, Tuesday 21 December, presented by members of the Department of Psychology, University of Southampton, at The British... view more... (1999-12-16)

Telling stories of relationship break-ups
Telling the story of 'what went wrong' in a relationship allows the individual to reduce feelings of helplessness and maintain self-esteem. A study by Dr Carla Willig of City University and Kris Dew Valour of the University of Leeds, presented today, Thursday 7 September, at The British Psychological Society's Social Psychology Section Conference... view more... (2000-08-25)

Helping children handle stress, emotions may help stuttering
Children who stutter often face greater challenges managing their behavior and emotions than other children, researchers have found, offering new insight into how to help these children in a more holistic way.   view more (2006-06-19)

More reports of children having trouble falling asleep than maintaining sleep
Children have more difficulty initiating sleep than maintaining sleep. Further, parents tend to underestimate their children's sleep problems. This highlights the importance of having treatment options available to help a child overcome a sleep disorder.   view more (2007-10-01)

Level of Oxytocin in Pregnant Women Predicts Mother-Child Bond
Humans are hard-wired to form enduring bonds with others. One of the primary bonds across the mammalian species is the mother-infant bond. Evolutionarily speaking, it is in a mother's best interest to foster the well-being of her child; however, some mothers just seem a bit more maternal than others do. Now, new research points to a hormone that... view more... (2007-10-16)

New research on family-based HIV prevention presented at annual NIH conference
Researchers from the Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center (BHCRC) presented exciting new research today at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Annual International Research Conference on the Role of Families in Preventing and Adapting to HIV/AIDS.   view more (2008-10-08)

High-quality child care for poor children found to offset the risk of later depression
Young adults from low-income families who were in full-time early educational child care from infancy to age 5 report fewer symptoms of depression than their peers who were not in this type of care.   view more (2007-05-17)

Surrogate mothers have no doubts about handing over the baby
Madrid, Spain: Surrogate mothers do not suffer major emotional problems during or after their pregnancy, or when they hand over the baby to the commissioning parents, researchers told the annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology today (Wednesday 2 July). The latest results from a long-running study into... view more... (2003-06-29)

Disabled in the nursery
Working with 20 pre-school children (average age three and a half years), the researchers measured the popularity of a child with walking and talking disabilities with their classmates, as well as the relative understanding about disability which these children held. The findings show that the children appeared to have no understanding of... view more... (1999-08-23)

Stress of deployment increases risk of child abuse, neglect in military families, UNC study shows
Rates of abuse and neglect of young children in military families in Texas has doubled since October 2002, a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study shows, raising concerns about the impact of deployment on military personnel and their families across the country.   view more (2007-05-09)
Sort By: Page Views | Date
© 2009 BrightSurf.com