Child Development

Talking To Children Is Better Than Reading To Them
by eNotAlone.com
Parents who want their children to develop language and speech skills, are advised not just to talk to them, but also to listen to what the kids have to say, UCLA researchers have found.

Kindergarten Behavior Affects High School Scores
by eNotAlone.com
Scientists from the UC Davis Medical School and Michigan State University report that there is a link between attention problems early in school - as early as kindergarten - and lower scores on high school tests.

Morning Sickness In Pregnancy Linked To Smarter Babies
by eNotAlone.com
Moms-to-be who suffer from morning sickness throughout pregnancy might give birth to smarter and brighter baby, suggests new Canadian research. Scientists at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children's Motherisk Program discovered that morning sickness appears

Bilingual Babies Have Learning Advantages
by eNotAlone.com
Babies who are being exposed to more than one language in the family, actually gain early learning advantages long before they start to pronounce their first words, says a team of Italian scientists.

Multiple Anesthesia In Children May Cause Learning Disabilities
by eNotAlone.com
According to the scientists at Mayo Clinic, children who underwent 2 or more surgeries under anesthesia by the age of 3, may be at a higher risk to be exposed to learning disabilities at a later time.

Benefits Of Music For Children
by eNotAlone.com
Music lessons that involve increasingly complex rhythmic, tonal and practical skills, can significantly improve children's cognitive performance in reading skills, reports a new study.

Late Fatherhood Affects Children's IQ
by eNotAlone.com
Scientists from Australia do not recommend men to delay their fatherhood as, according to their new study, kids of older fathers have low IQs and do not perform well in intelligence tests during infancy and childhood.

Benefits Of Text Messaging For Children
by eNotAlone.com
It turns out that text messaging positively affects a child's literacy and, in fact may even improve it, according to a new study conducted by a Coventry University in Britain.

Parent Gesturing Leads To Rich Vocabulary Of Their Children
by eNotAlone.com
Infants and toddlers who use gestures more often have better vocabularies upon reaching school age, according to a new study by two University of Chicago psychologists. Pointing, waving bye-bye and other natural gestures appear to boost a budding

Summer-Born Children Tend To Be Taller And Stronger
by eNotAlone.com
Future mothers-to-be lucky enough to be blooming in the hot months should get enough sun to increase their vitamin D levels just by walking around outside or even sunbathing. But pregnant women whose babies are expected to be born between November and May

Newborn Brain Cells Encode Memory
by eNotAlone.com
We all suffer lapses in memory from time to time. Do you remember how did it happen? Can you remember when did it take place? With these most common questions starts a wistful journey through our memory lane.

Omega-3 Fatty Acid Improves Tiny Brains
by eNotAlone.com
Researchers have made a world breakthrough when they have boosted the brain function of premature female babies by increasing the amount of an omega-3 fatty acid (known as DHA - docosahexaenoic acid) in either infant's formula or breast milk.

TV Is Harmful For Infants
by eNotAlone.com
A review of twenty five years of seventy eight studies found that allowing children under two years of age to watch television can do more harm than good to their ongoing development, a U.S. researchers say.

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Dibs in Search of Self
by Virginia M. Axline
The classic of child therapy. Dibs will not talk. He will not play. He has locked himself in a very special prison. And he is alone. This is the true story of how he learned to reach out for the sunshine, for life ... how he came to the breathless

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Parking Lot Rules and 75 Other Ideas for Raising Amazing Children
by Tom Sturges
When Tom Sturges became a father, he wanted to be the greatest father who ever walked the earth. So Sturges asked a lot of questions. He picked up ideas, advice, and tips from parents, grandparents, even rock stars and sports legends - anyone who had

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How to Raise a Healthy Child in Spite of Your Doctor
by Robert S. Mendelsohn, M.D.
Dr. Robert Mendelsohn, renowned pediatrician and author advises parents on home treatment and diagnosis of colds and flus, childhood illnesses, vision and hearing problems, allergies, and more. PLUS, a complete section on picking the right doctor for your

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It's a Boy! Your Son's Development from Birth to Age 18
by Michael Thompson, Ph.D., Teresa Barker
It's a Boy! provides expert advice on the developmental, psychological, social, emotional, and academic life of boys from infancy through the teen years. Exploring the many ways in which boys strive for masculinity and attempt to define themselves

Characteristics of the Age
Your Three-Year-Old: Friend or Enemy
by Louise Bates Ames, Frances L. Ilg
Just as the tides have their rhythms, so does human behavior have its own predictable rhythms. As the child grows older, good ages alternate with bad; times of equilibrium alternate with times of disequilibrium; and periods when behavior tends

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Escaping the Endless Adolescence: How We Can Help Our Teenagers Grow Up Before They Grow Old
by Joseph Allen, Ph.D., Claudia Worrell Allen, Ph.D., J.D.
Do you sometimes wonder how your teen is ever going to survive on his or her own as an adult? Does your high school junior seem oblivious to the challenges that lie ahead? Does your academically successful nineteen-year-old still expect you to just take

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Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids
by Kim John Payne, M.Ed., Lisa M. Ross
Today's busier, faster, supersized society is waging an undeclared war ... on childhood. As the pace of life accelerates to hyperspeed - with too much stuff, too many choices, and too little time - children feel the pressure.