Children and Teens News

Babies Benefit from Music Lessons

May 10th, 2012
Babies Benefit from Music LessonsEarly musical training benefits children even before they can walk and talk, according to new research. Researchers at McMaster University of Canada found that one-year-old babies who ...

Teen Misuse of Painkillers Peaks at 16

May 9th, 2012
Teen Misuse of Prescription Drugs Peaks at 16The risk of teens misusing prescription pain relievers appears to peak around age 16, earlier than many experts thought, according to ...

Prepregnancy Obesity Tied to Lower Child Test Scores

May 9th, 2012
Prepregnancy Obesity Tied to Lower Child Test ScoresWomen who are obese before they become pregnant are at higher risk of having children with lower cognitive function than ...

Are You a Facebook Addict?

May 8th, 2012
Are You a Facebook Addict?  Researchers from Norway have developed a new way to measure Facebook addiction called the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale. Headed by Cecilie Schou Andreassen, Ph.D., at the University of Bergen, the ...

Dads Also Suffer from Postnatal Depression

May 8th, 2012
Dads Suffer from Postnatal Depression TooNew dads are just as likely as moms to suffer from the anxiety, stress and depression associated with the "baby blues," according to Australian ...

Losing Yourself in a Fictional Character Can Affect Your Real Life

May 8th, 2012
Losing Yourself in a Fictional Character Can Affect Your Real LifePeople who lose themselves inside the world of a fictional character may actually change ...

Unearned Praise Can Hurt Minority Students

May 5th, 2012
Unearned Praise Can Hurt Minority StudentsSome public school teachers under-challenge minority students by giving them more positive feedback than they give to white students for ...

Post-Term Babies Have More Behavioral, Emotional Problems

May 4th, 2012
Post-Term Babies Have More Behavioral, Emotional ProblemsNew research has found that babies who are post-term — defined as born after a normal-length pregnancy of 42 weeks — are ...

Sleepiness at School May Be Tied to Learning Problems

May 4th, 2012
Difficult to Assess Sleep Problems in ADHD KidsIn a new study, researchers learned that when parents described a child as presenting with excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), even ...

Childhood Trauma May Hinder Adult Romance

May 4th, 2012
Childhood Trauma May Hinder Adult RomanceEmerging research suggest a rough childhood can detrimentally affect romantic relationships in later years. In two separate studies, researchers examined the stability ...
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