Bring It: Boys May Benefit from Aggressive Play

by Admin 30. August 2010 07:13
Some psychologists, educators say the behavior may teach impulse control. In her 30 years as a kindergarten teacher in Illinois and Massachusetts, Jane Katch has watched graham crackers, a pretzel, celery, tree bark and fingers all become transformed into imaginary guns and other weapons... [Continue Reading »]

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Should Preschoolers Be Labeled with Depression?

by Admin 28. August 2010 08:46
A N.Y. Times Magazine cover story will stoke the fear of parents everywhere -- but aren't kids allowed to be sad? Just when you thought it was safe to return from your August vacation, the New York Times Magazine has to go and publish another one of their big, bruising cover stori... [Continue Reading »]

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CHILDUP BESTOF: Parents Are Forgetting How to Play with their Children

by Admin 27. August 2010 10:49
Family games becoming 'lost art' as survey cites overwork, boredom and generation gap. One in five parents say they have forgotten how to play with their children, with a third admitting that taking part in games and activities with their family is boring, according to research. ... [Continue Reading »]

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Children's Grasp of the 3Rs at its Worst in a Decade: One in Five Struggling to Spell at Age Seven

by Admin 27. August 2010 10:07
Children’s grasp of the three Rs after two years of school is at its worst for a decade, official figures suggested yesterday. One in five seven-year-olds - nearly 105,000 pupils - failed to reach the writing standards expected of their age this spring, struggling to use capital let... [Continue Reading »]

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CHILDUP BESTOF: How to Raise a Superstar

by Admin 25. August 2010 13:55
The 10,000 hour rule has become a cliche. This is the idea, first espoused by K. Anders Ericsson, a pyschologist at Florida State University, that it takes about 10,000 hours of practice before any individual can become an expert. The corollary of this rule is that that differences in talen... [Continue Reading »]

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CHILDUP BESTOF: Age Distorts ADHD Diagnoses in Kindergartners

by Admin 18. August 2010 11:33
The youngest children in a kindergarten class are much more likely to be diagnosed with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder than their oldest peers, according to two U.S. research studies. The discrepancy would account for about a million misdiagnoses in the United States. Beca... [Continue Reading »]

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The Brains of our Fathers: Does Parenting Rewire Dads?

by Admin 18. August 2010 09:40
Fathers and their children reshape one another's neurons. Last May, I took a trip to San Diego for my brother-in-law’s graduation from college, and to meet his 4-month old son, Landon, for the first time. Throughout the weekend, I couldn’t suppress my inner science nerd,... [Continue Reading »]

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CHILDUP BESTOF: Coddle or Let the Kid Cry? New Research Awakens the Sleep-Training Debate

by Admin 17. August 2010 09:01
There is perhaps no parenting decision that tugs on the heartstrings as strongly as whether to let a baby cry him- or herself to sleep. At one end of the spectrum are parents who use some form of “cry-it-out” method to teach their baby to sleep through the night. The method is... [Continue Reading »]

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New Dads Secrete Hormone That Tightens Baby Bonds

by Admin 17. August 2010 08:26
Study conducted by Israeli scientist finds that, like women, new fathers secrete hormones that strengthen bonds with their newborn infants. Studies conducted by an Israeli scientist suggest that, like women, new fathers secrete hormones that strengthen their attachment to their infant... [Continue Reading »]

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The Decline of Children and the Moral Sense

by Admin 16. August 2010 08:30
Problems that used to be rare are becoming mainstream. Charles Darwin had high hopes for humanity. He pointed to the unique way that human evolution was driven in part by a "moral sense." Its key evolutionary features are the social instincts, taking pleasure in the company of o... [Continue Reading »]

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