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.

The Mother and Her Child
by William S. Sadler, M.D., Lena K. Sadler, M.D.
The newborn baby comes into the world in an absolutely helpless condition and completely unconscious of his surroundings. He unconsciously performs certain acts, such as opening his eyes, crying, urination, movement of the bowels

The Smart Advantage
Raise a Smarter Child by Kindergarten: Raise IQ points by up to 30 points and turn on your child's smart genes Points
by David Perlmutter, M.D., Carol Colman
What does it take to raise a smarter child? What must parents do during the first five years of life to ensure that their child is primed to excel in school and in life? The good news is, raising a smarter child is easier than you think.

Tourette Syndrome (TS)
by CDC
Tourette Syndrome (TS) is an inherited, neurological disorder characterized by multiple involuntary movements, called motor tics, and uncontrollable vocalizations called vocal or phonic tics.

Child Development and Positive Parenting : Infants & Toddlers
by CDC
Cognitive development for your baby means the learning process of memory, language, thinking and reasoning. Your baby is learning to recognize the sound of your voice. She is also learning to focus her vision from the periphery or the corner of her eyes

Child Development: Interventions
by CDC
The early years of a child's life are crucial for cognitive, social and emotional development. Therefore, it is important that we take every step necessary to ensure that children grow up in environments where their social, emotional and educational needs

Children of Chemically Involved Parents: Special Risks
by Child Welfare Information Gateway
Polysubstance abuse. Most substance abusers use multiple drugs or drugs, alcohol, and nicotine in combination. In some cases, this polysubstance abuse may occur without the user's knowledge because it is common practice among street dealers to substitute

How the Brain Develops
by Child Welfare Information Gateway
The raw material of the brain is the nerve cell, called the neuron. When babies are born, they have almost all of the neurons they will ever have, more than 100 billion of them. Although there is research that indicates some neurons are developed