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Family and Motherhood

Insecure infant-mother attachment linked to early puberty in girls

Researchers at Birkbeck University in London have established a link between an insecure infant-mother attachment bond and early puberty.




Allergies ‘may not be cause of asthma in kids’

A new research in Western Australia has questioned the long-held belief that allergies cause asthma in children.




Bullied students suffer academically as well: Study

UCLA psychologists has found that students who are bullied regularly do substantially worse in school.




Kids more likely to do homework if they see it as investment, not chore

A new research at the University of Michigan suggests that children are more likely to do their homework if they see it as an investment, not a chore.




Youths who drink wine at family meals less likely to become heavy drinkers

A new study has suggested that youths whose parents allowed them to have alcohol with meals while they were growing up are less likely to develop harmful drinking patterns in the future.




Autistic kids process sound, vision differently than others

Scientists have found solid evidence that kids with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) process sensory information such as sound, touch and vision differently than typically developing children.




Overweight teens who smoke ‘more likely to have migraines’

Teenagers who are overweight, do little exercise and smoke are more likely to have frequent headaches and migraines than their peers with none of these factors, a new study has revealed.




6-year-old kids with squint less likely to be invited to b’day parties

A new study has found that six year old kids with a squint are significantly less likely to be invited to birthday parties than their peers with normally aligned eyes.




Summer babies ‘more prone to ADHD’

A new study has shown that summer babies are more likely to be diagnosed with attention deficit disorder (ADHD) at school because their relative immaturity confuses doctors.




Parental monitoring may protect ‘bad’ boys from heavy drug use

Bad boys with aggressive nature and low parental monitoring are more likely to befriend people the same nature and become heavy drug users as teens, according to a new study.