Dads Fear their Boss

by Admin 5. September 2010 08:50
Dads are fighting a daily battle to balance work and fatherhood, but admit they are scared to ask bosses to reduce their hours for fear it may harm their careers. A Galaxy survey conducted for The Sunday Telegraph for Father's Day reveals that while most Australian fathers strugg... [Continue Reading »]

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Expectations Rise for Kindergartners

by Admin 5. September 2010 08:37
The ah-ha moment came when Eleonora Nelson was at a Brandywine Springs kindergarten event earlier this month. An educator handed her 5-year-old, Elizabeth, a name tag and asked her to write her name on it. As Elizabeth took her black marker to the paper, her mother realized her child can ... [Continue Reading »]

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Lack of Attachment to Mom May Cause Early Puberty in Girls

by Admin 4. September 2010 09:52
If you're still on the fence about how you feel about attachment parenting, new research findings about early puberty in girls may send you over the edge. In a study published this week in Psychological Science, researchers suggest that babies who do not form a secure attachment to their... [Continue Reading »]

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CHILDUP BESTOF: Why Do Women Teachers Like Me Treat Being a Boy As an Illness?

by Admin 3. September 2010 09:16
Standing in front of my class of 11- year- old children, I ask for volunteers to come to the front and read out their work. Several hands shoot up and I say: 'Come on then, Annie. After you, we'll have Liz and then Becky.' I smile encouragingly at the children and they gri... [Continue Reading »]

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Epidural May Aid a Woman's Long-Term Health

by Admin 3. September 2010 09:00
It's one of the most charged decisions a woman faces in childbirth: Whether to have a pain-relieving epidural or to try to hold off and have a drug-free birth. Many proponents of natural childbirth paint the epidural option as a choice with many negative consequences, including slowi... [Continue Reading »]

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Infant’s Infrequent Gaze Possible Cue for Autism

by Admin 3. September 2010 07:37
Infants who infrequently gaze at other people when unprompted may be at a higher risk for autism, says new study by the Kennedy Krieger Institute.  The study, published in the September issue of the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, also found that six-month-old, high-risk i... [Continue Reading »]

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How to Stop a Child's Whining and Complaining: The Grandmothers

by Admin 2. September 2010 06:38
"Stop that right now!" "If you don't stop that whining, I'll give you something to whine about!" "If you complain about one more thing, you'll go to your room!" The persistent moaning and crying of their young child can make the most ... [Continue Reading »]

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Why Are Parents So Lax about their Children's Eyes?

by Admin 1. September 2010 08:45
Less than a third of children entering school have had an eye examination, according to data from the provincial government which has been shared by the BC Association of Optometrists. As a parent, I must admit I was one of those who didn't take my oldest child for an eye exam ... [Continue Reading »]

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Does Motherhood Make You Stupid?

by Admin 1. September 2010 08:28
Motherhood is a powerful training ground for leadership skills. "I feel my brain cells slowly dying every day." The mom who recently made that statement is clearly drowning in the frenzied white water of parenting. Although swimming in a sea of diapers, laundry, scattered to... [Continue Reading »]

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Is There a Difference between Bringing up Boys and Girls?

by Admin 31. August 2010 09:21
Q I have one daughter and two younger sons under six. I come from a family of all girls and, in turn, my sisters have all girls. I am conscious that my sons have a lot of female influences (although their dad, who is very hands-on, was once a young boy!).  I wonder whether there ar... [Continue Reading »]

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