Category: Parenting

Study suggests that high-quality early childcare is important for mothers as well

From the Society for Research in Child Development press release via EurekAlert!: High-quality early child care isn’t important just for children, but for their mothers, too. That’s the conclusion of… Read more »

Study suggests after-school program may help reduce alcohol use among middle-school students

From the RAND Corporation press release via EurekAlert!: A voluntary substance prevention program held after school and presented by trained facilitators can help reduce alcohol use among young adolescents, according… Read more »

Study links multiple anaesthesia exposures at young age to higher rate of ADHD

From the Mayo Clinic press release via MedicalXPress: Mayo Clinic researchers have found that multiple exposures to anesthesia at a young age are associated with higher rates of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder… Read more »

Study suggests physical punishment of children may potentially harm their long-term development

From the Canadian Medical Association Journal press release: An analysis of research on physical punishment of children over the past 20 years indicates that such punishment is potentially harmful to… Read more »

Study looks at reasons for Christmas shopping excesses

From the University of Gothenburg press release via EurekAlert!: The stereotypical Christmas gift shopper is a stressed-to-the-max individual with a filled-to-the-rim shopping cart in a busy shopping mall. The shopping… Read more »

Study suggests gender differences in sex and parenting may be influenced by hormone-gene interactions in brain

From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: Men and women may be equals, but they often behave differently when it comes to sex and parenting. Now a study of… Read more »

Study shows early nurturing by mothers benefit children’s brains

From the Washington University in St. Louis press release: School-age children whose mothers nurtured them early in life have brains with a larger hippocampus, a key structure important to learning,… Read more »