The Truth About
"What you have to understand is that my mother never raised her voice and when I confronted her about her treatment of me—her put-downs and cri...
Twins: Individual Identities and Common Bonds
Most twins have two identities: the one they share with their twin brother or sister as part of a pair, and the one that they enjoy all on their own. ...
New Born Baby Feeding and Signs of hungry
Breastfeeding your newborn has many advantages. Perhaps most important, breast milk is the perfect food for a human baby's digestive system. Breast mi...
Stubborn Child ?
When one becomes a parent besides happiness there are many challenges also. It is like signing a contract that allows for some 21 years of parenting i...
Why does Career hold a distinction in your life?
Life is not based on a single aspect such as Gadgets or Fame or Wealth or Beauty or Status. Instead, Life is a holistic phenomenon in which all e...
The Role of the Parent in Early Intervention
If your child has been referred for an evaluation for early intervention (EI) services, it’s easy to feel a little overwhelmed. There’s a good cha...
Things to remember while bathing your baby :
• Until his umbilical cord heals, you'll want to give your baby sponge baths only.
• One thing to keep in mind before you begin is that you sho...
Let Your Kids Sleep During Studies For Faster Relearning
Letting your children take a quick nap during study hours could help them recall faster what they studied and make relearning easy, leading them to...
Dads play a key role in child development
Often depicted as being bumbling goofballs or out-of-touch with their families in pop culture, dads actually play a surprisingly important role in the...
Being harsh on your kids makes them fat
Are you an authoritative parent? A new study has found that harsh parenting may increase a child's risk of obesity and poor physical health in adul...
Factors that lead to separation of parents
Strains from parenthood, stressful conditions, lack of intimacy, insufficient communication, differing personalities and interests, no commitment (in ...
Babies have logical reasoning even before age one: Study
Infants are capable of deductive problem solving as early as 10 months of age, says a new study. "We found that within the first year of life, childre...
Singing calms baby longer than talking
In a new study from the University of Montreal, infants remained calm twice as long when listening to a song, which they didn't even know, as they did...
Ten Ways to Improve Your Child's Behavior
Most of us start out parenting the way we were parented, and expect our children to react as we did. Children with special needs, however, are likely ...
Seven tips to keep kids safe from summer heat
The summer season is here, and with it comes the scorching heat, sweat and high humidity levels, leaving you exhausted and de-energised. But for kids,...
Smileys make children eat more healthy food
Labelling healthy foods with smiley faces and offering small prizes for buying nutritious items can make kids purchase more of such foods and eat t...
Teenage fathers more likely to have kids with birth defects
The University of Cambridge study on 24,000 parents and their children found that sperm cells of teenage fathers had 30 per cent higher rates of ...
Shy babies need strong parents bond to avoid potential teen anxiety
Professor Heather Henderson, a co-author of the study said, “We now understand that infants and young children with an inhibited temperament who als...
Punishing kids for lying doesn't work: Study
Parents, take note! If you want your child to tell the truth, it may be best not to threaten to punish them if they lie.
Babies can read emotion cues from eyes at just seven months
Humans are the only primates with large, highly visible sclera - the white part of the eye. The eye plays a significant role in the expressiveness of ...
Toddlers learn words differently as they age
Research has shown that most 18-month-olds learn an average of two to five new words a day; however, little is known about how children process inform...
Family dinners protect kids from cyber-bullying
Make it a point not to miss family dinners to connect with your kids and help them cope with cyber-bullying. Like traditional bullying, cyber or i...
Cartoon Network makes daily chores fun for school kids
Kids' entertainment channel Cartoon Network's School Contact Programme (SCP) Kris ka Magic Mantra aims to add a fun element to such daily woes.
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Is your college going kid more active on weekends?
Parents always suspect that their college going kids prefer weekends to weekdays. Now there is proof that college graduates are more active on weekend...
Chefs innovate to get fussy children to eat
"When your serve a meal with words like 'healthy', people tend to reject it, be it an adult or a child. They hear the word healthy and they refuse to ...
Husband not involved in parenting? Blame his office
But static organisational norms often inhibit them from meeting more recent expectations of being an involved parent, research shows.
"While work-l...
How fatherhood reshapes your brain
Even as men draw flak for not doing enough of parenting as mothers generally do, researchers have discovered that taking care of his kids may not only...
Don't hide truth from kids, they'll know it anyway
If you do not reveal the complete picture in front of your kids while explaining an event, the children not only know that you are hiding something...
Surveys tell us that the Kids spend more time on technology than family.
Children as young as seven are spending so much time on technology than family that it is affecting the relationships between parents and kids, say...
How to Get Your Kids to Eat Food That They Don't Like
You've begged and you've pleaded. You've cried and you've screamed. Yet, your kids still won't eat what you know is good for them? Try these tactics t...