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In a recently released report, the Pew Research Center shows that, in order to mitigate the effects that the poor state of the economy is having on their budgets, more and more young adults choose to return home, and live with their parents. While this may not necessarily be their primary choice, it is also the only ... |
25 November 2009
01:33 GMT |
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Antibiotic over-prescription is a very serious problem in the world today, but especially in civilized countries. Here, pediatricians often prescribe way too much medicines for children for a very harmless disease, and the trend appears to be accelerating every year, analysts say. According to a new study, it would s... |
6 November 2009
06:59 GMT |
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Skin cancer is one of the most widespread forms of the disease, and it hits regardless of the age group, social status and other socio-economic factors. Its causes have not yet been precisely determined, but one of the main culprits for new cancer cases is the sun. Prolonged exposure to ultraviolet radiation can trig... |
10 October 2009
05:22 GMT |
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According to a new scientific investigation, mothers and fathers distort the knowledge they pass on to their children considerably and systematically. And we're not talking about religious indoctrination here, which parents practice willingly, but about stretching the “truth” to extensive lengths. Th... |
29 September 2009
14:01 GMT |
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According to a new investigation funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), it may be that teenagers' diet and eating habits are heavily influenced by their social background. The paper essentially shows that the diet, weight and health of teens is directly influenced by practices and perceptions... |
26 September 2009
21:41 GMT |
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According to leading experts, it may be that the century-old habit of spanking children may do them more harm than good. It may, indeed, make them move more hastily, or even teach them not to do something (for a while, at least), but it could also lower their intelligence coefficient (IQ), scientists report. The rece... |
25 September 2009
15:31 GMT |
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In a first of its kind study, experts at the University of Massachusetts looked at how interactions between parents and their children were influenced by a TV running in the background, even if the participants did not mind it directly. They found the correlation to be negative, both in terms of how much parents were... |
15 September 2009
09:35 GMT |
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In an interesting turn of events, what was considered to be good parenting skills in the early half of the 20th century is now considered to be among the worst ways to raise your children. Whereas in the past parents would let their children run like crazy in the streets, but insisted that they restrained themselves ... |
5 August 2009
18:01 GMT |
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Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a contagious disease of the respiratory system, and it affects between ten and 90 million people each year. Of these individuals, nearly 600,000 die annually, which makes the disease one of the leading causes of preventable deaths in the world. Despite the fact that the disease is cov... |
26 May 2009
20:01 GMT |
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Behavior experts have recently conducted a new scientific investigation on a large group of parents and their grownup children, in an attempt to determine just how much tension really exists between generations, well beyond the age when teenagers are considered to have become adults. During the study, both parents an... |
8 May 2009
03:46 GMT |
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On the 50th anniversary, blonde doll Barbie and her brunette friend Nikki have gotten a makeover. However, unlike the one that implied being dressed by legendary fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, this one has already gotten parents all up in arms, since it’s telling young girls that tattoos are cool and stylish,... |
30 April 2009
05:40 GMT |
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Parents should have a good relationship with their children for a vast number of reasons, and adding to those is the fact that, if they do so, then the children are very likely to start drinking at a much later age than they would otherwise. This is very important, psychologists say, because the older the teen is, th... |
24 April 2009
05:19 GMT |
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Raising a child is not an easy business, as most parents will tell you. There are demands that need to be met, plus a lot of stress and worries until they grow up to an age when you can be sure they can take care of themselves. Unfortunately, nowadays, not more than half of American families manage to stay together, ... |
4 April 2009
09:01 GMT |
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Scientists have argued for a long time that one of the basic components of an individual's self-esteem is their satisfaction of the way they look. Unfortunately, as today's beauty standards are promoted very aggressively, even children feel more and more compelled to look like the artificial beauties in Hol... |
19 March 2009
09:42 GMT |
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Economy experts draw attention to the fact that parents who carry their small children to shopping malls with them are very likely to purchase more than they have planned to, as they fall under the “influence” of the little ones, who always ask for something else. This fact, they say, should be remembered... |
19 March 2009
07:46 GMT |
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Over the past couple of decades, the paradigm of families has slowly started to shift, in that it's no longer the social duty of a mother to attend to her child's education, if the father can do it. One of the main factors that have caused this change is the fact that employment options for women have impro... |
11 March 2009
07:42 GMT |
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According to new scientific data, the stress of being a teenager, when fights with parents happen almost each day, can stretch far into adulthood, causing health problems later on in life. This effect is somewhat “silenced” by the fond memories of the time, and, of course, some have less arguments with th... |
11 March 2009
07:01 GMT |
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Parents haven't always been very understanding with their children, but ever since video games have started to play a bigger and bigger role in the latter's lives, the former have been somewhat reluctant to let them play. A study recently presented by the British Board of Film Classification, the organizat... |
9 March 2009
02:05 GMT |
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The gaming industry has been, for quite some time, the victim of prejudice from people who simply don't understand that video games are nothing more than just another form of entertainment, one that places you in the middle of the action, instead of being a by-stander when you watch a movie. Sadly, it seems tha... |
5 March 2009
13:01 GMT |
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A beautiful nine-year-old girl from Southlake, Texas, got married a few days ago, in what parents said it was her final wish before she died. Jayla Cooper is suffering from late-stage leukemia, and doctors say that she only has a couple of weeks more to live. The little girl knows this and she asked her parents to do... |
27 February 2009
06:41 GMT |
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Growing up in a disorganized family is no easy task, as most kids coming from such environments could tell you. But being raised in a home where one or both parents are addicted to cocaine is infinitely worse, scientists say, who have just recently concluded a study on the long-term effects of exposure to such experi... |
12 February 2009
08:49 GMT |
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The old vision, according to which obesity is a disease that a person brings upon his or herself or is born with is starting to be complemented by a new way of looking at the condition. According to a new study released on Monday, the parents' eating habits are of paramount importance in the teens' diets as... |
10 February 2009
06:14 GMT |
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Games are becoming more and more mainstream, but along with said popularity, a lot of people are afraid of the somewhat negative aspects that they might bring. This is due to various anti-video game protesters who claim that these are the most evil forms of entertainment, teaching children that violence is good, but ... |
5 February 2009
11:01 GMT |
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We all had our differences with our parents while growing up, which concluded in fights and then long periods of awkward silence. No doubt, some of you have the same troubles with your teenage kids as well, when trying to impose your point of view in a civilized discussion. Seeking to explain why teens cannot easily ... |
5 February 2009
08:49 GMT |
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When children are growing up, everything they do is meant to emulate what they see their parents do. When teenage is reached, the years of rebellion against everything that had been set in stone until then begin, with children turning a cold shoulder to the parents they looked up to until not long. A new study has re... |
20 January 2009
13:21 GMT |
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A new scientific study, conducted by researchers at Harvard University, has found out that children are not severely endangered online, and that the risks of them being picked up by an adult and dragged into dangerous conversations and actions are fairly similar to those the young ones are subjected to daily, in real... |
19 January 2009
04:42 GMT |
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Recent scientific studies revealed that children of those who started smoking when they were very young are far more likely to start smoking than their peers, whose parents started doing so later in life or not at all. The same holds true if parents keep on smoking steadily for many years, well into adulthood. T... |
24 November 2008
11:11 GMT |
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While living inside families offers comfort to both parents and children, it can also be a source of stress, as problems affect all members, not just the adults. Seeing how the current economic crisis places pressure on the working class, in that the number of foreclosures increases, and jobs are jeopardized, it'... |
14 November 2008
05:37 GMT |
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The Entertainment Software Ratings Board has announced that it is offering all new “ratings summaries” in an effort to make sure that in the run up to the highly expected Christmas shopping season, buyers are correctly informed about the goods they are about to pick up.The idea is to provide explanations ... |
13 November 2008
05:13 GMT |
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A new link between genetics and autism was established in the outcome of a study showing that the parents of autistic children are likely to behave similarly to their young ones when it comes to evaluating people's facial expressions, although they do not have the disorder themselves.By conducting psychological ... |
18 July 2008
04:17 GMT |
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Parents sometimes find it hard to get into the minds of their offspring and offer them what they want for Christmas, or for their birthday. Even though they know kids (and especially boys) love video games, they still have trouble in choosing what's right for them. That's why WhatTheyPlay.com has issued thi... |
27 November 2007
06:07 GMT |
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Oh, this is just too much for any parent to put up with! We've heard of teens stealing gaming systems and hardware from stores and homes, we've heard of a disturbed teen who even set his own house on fire after the family sold his Xbox 360, ending up in the death of his younger brother, but hiring a hitman ... |
6 November 2007
04:01 GMT |
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Earlier this week, a poll was run on behalf of New Jersey's The Star-Ledger on its Parental Guidance blog. Parents were asked to think about the Wii's upcoming gun-like remote controller, which better enables their offspring to play shooters: "What do you think about making a wand in the shape of a weapon s... |
18 September 2007
04:57 GMT |
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I'm sure you've heard about parents blaming Marilyn Manson or Manhunt for the teenage murders happening recently, but now it's Nintendo's turn to take some blame. The long awaited Gun Remote, one of the Wii's top controllers is being labeled as a threat to the gaming kids' minds, making... |
14 September 2007
04:17 GMT |
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This may sound sad, but it's true, and the law never cares why hackers do what they do, as long as they commit a crime. Sure, we all like Robin Hood, but he was an outlaw and this hacker is as well, even though he had a noble purpose. Robert Moore is a 23-year-old man from Spokane, Washington. According to itWo... |
21 August 2007
03:57 GMT |
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With all the progress of our society, fathers still imagine that their daughters are virgin deep in to their 20's or that their sons are polite with the young ladies. The Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) signals that the parents are not able to provide sexual education to their children so that the you... |
11 April 2007
09:12 GMT |
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