Overlapping Toronto parenting conferences agree on little…
In two recent events in Toronto it was again re-interated motherhood and fatherhood scholars might not concur on every domestic issue, but they do agree on two things: mothers are stereotyped for doing too much, and men for doing too little.
A motherhood conference this weekend at Toronto’s York University conveys that very [...]
If your child gets headaches or eye strain during homework time, or even if he or she has reading problems, optometrists suggest an eye exam. As many as one in twenty children suffer from “convergence insufficiency”, in which the eye muscles must work harder to focus on text. The eyes have to turn slightly inward [...]
Doctors Brian, Giuseppe, and Richard talk about recent stories posted on the Family Anatomy website, including: bubble blowing for stress, brains and addiction, and antisocial teens’ response to “stressful” situations.
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This is from an article a few years back (June 2004), however, it will have some connection to an upcoming podcast discussion.
In studies conducted in Canada, India and China (Hong Kong), psychologists determined that individuals who spoke two languages with equal proficiency and used both equally did better than monolingual volunteers on tests that measured [...]
Research has shown that children of divorced parents are more likely to divorce themselves. A new study in the October 2008 issue of the Journal of Family Psychology investigated some possible explanations for the transmission of divorce from one generation to the next.
Sarah Whitton of the Boston University and her colleagues from the University of [...]
Dr. Robin Kowalski, a psychology professor at Clemson University, recently completed a large-scale survey investigating cyber-bullying. Eighteen percent of 6th to 8th graders reported online harassment in the past two months. Dr. Kowalski expressed concern about the bind in which parents find themselves; because the internet is an increasingly important mode of communication among youth, [...]
Doctors Brian and Giuseppe talk about tantrums – when to worry, how to prevent them, and what to do when they happen.
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A controversial new study has found that parents who have children with an ADHD diagnosis are almost twice as likely to divorce by the time their kids are 8 years old as those without the diagnosis in the family. Families were recruited via a summer treatment program for ADHD. The researchers clarified that childhood ADHD [...]
A study in the September 2008 issue of Developmental Psychology investigated predictors of social withdrawal in elementary school students. Researchers followed over 1300 children from birth to Grade 6, placing them in three groups: consistently low withdrawal, decreasing withdrawal, and increasing withdrawal. They then looked at factors that predicted which group children would fall into.
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Here is an interesting story that goes against the belief that a glass of wine or beer before dinner is good for you. Researchers found that increasing alcohol intake was associated with loss in total brain volume greater than expected from age alone. This was reported by Carol Ann Paul, of Wellesley College, and her colleagues in the [...]
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