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Early rising no good for the heart: study |
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Generations have praised the wisdom of getting up early in the morning, but a Japanese study says early-risers are actually at a higher risk of developing heart problems.
The study, conducted by researchers from several universities and hospitals in the western Japanese city of Kyoto, revealed a link between wake-up times and a person's cardiovascular condition.
"Rising early to go to work or exercise might not be beneficial to health, but rather a risk for vascular diseases," said an abstract of the study.
The study, covering 3,017 healthy adults aged between 23 through 90, found that early risers had a greater risk of heart conditions including hypertension and of having strokes.
Full report: Physorg.com |
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Help Your Kids Find Their Own Identity |
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Written by Sally Sacks
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Children develop their identity by learning what they like about their environment, their way of dressing, their way of relating to others and the world. For children to develop an identity of their own, parents, the children's earliest programmers, must sponsor this development of identity. You do this by being aware of your child's actions and behaviors, and what those tell you about him/her.
For example if your child has a cluttered room, and has to save everything, you probably have a sentimental child that doesn’t like to part with things. If you cleaned your child’s room and threw away "the junk" that they had too much of, you might be ignoring who your child is as a person. Children, not unlike adults, show their identity in many ways. They show it through the pictures in their room, the friends they associate with, their dress, food choices, activities, etc. They are giving us clues about who they are, as well as taking from us certain things they admire and incorporating those into their identity. Many parents, because of a lack of awareness, forget to ask children important questions that can reveal clues about their child’s belief and value system, and really help instill in them a healthy sense of self. |
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How I Turned Myself From An Impatient Dad To A Loving One |
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Written by Abel Cheng
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This is something I hardly tell people. But since there’s a lesson for every parent to learn from my experience, I decided to “reveal” the secret.
It turned out to be a guest article I wrote for Dumb Little Man – a highly successful site that I admire very much.
In this article, I share with you 6 lessons that I learned to turn myself from an impatient dad to a patient one. Go read it now and it will keep you from insanity.
How I Turned Myself From An Impatient Dad To A Loving One |
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Celestia: Space Simulator Software for Kids... as Well as Adults |
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Teaching your child about our universe couldn’t be easier with Celestia. It’s more fun and interesting than books, of course.
Celestia is a free 3D space simulation application that lets you explore our universe. Celestia is a PC-based program created by Chris Laurel. It runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. This amazing software allows you to tour the solar system, explore planets, and beyond. It claims that you can travel to any of over 100,000 stars. You can set the time speed. 10 times faster, 10 times slower or even freeze the time. You can zoom in and zoom out by scrolling the mouse. You can have a tour guide or demo if you are lazy to navigate. Don’t know the name of a planet? No problem. Just click on the planet and the name will appear. The pictures look like real and the navigation is very smooth. That’s not all. |
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A simple but fun birthday |
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Written by Abel Cheng
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If you’re busy, you can still show your love to your wife on her birthday. What matters most is you must remember her birthday. Otherwise, you land yourself in an unwanted situation in which no one could help. My wife’s birthday had just passed. As usual, on that day, I woke up early, around 6am. Only then did I realize that I had not given a proper thought on how to celebrate my wife's birthday. On a weekday, there’s not much you could do. Nevertheless, I had to come up with something. |
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Mattel announces third Chinese toy recall |
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Toymaker Mattel Inc on Tuesday announced a third recall of Chinese-made toys, saying it would take back more than 800,000 units globally that contain "impermissible" levels of lead.
In total, 522,000 U.S. toys and 322,000 outside the United States are being recalled. The toys were shipped between August 3, 2006, and July 31, 2007, the company said.
The latest recall involves three Fisher-Price toy models and eight Barbie brand playsets. No Barbie dolls were included.
Mattel instructs people to go to its Web site (www.service.mattel.com) to establish whether they own an affected toy. After they fill out a form and send back the affected parts, Mattel will send them replacement and bonus parts.
Full report: Reuters
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Childhood TV viewing can cause teenage problems |
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Watching television more than two hours a day early in life can lead to attention problems later in adolescence, according to a study released on Tuesday.
The roughly 40 percent increase in attention problems among heavy TV viewers was observed in both boys and girls, and was independent of whether a diagnosis of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder was made prior to adolescence.
The link was established by a long-term study of the habits and behaviors of more than 1,000 children born in Dunedin, New Zealand, between April 1972 and March 1973.
The children aged 5 to 11 watched an average of 2.05 hours of weekday television. From age 13 to 15, time spent in front of the tube rose to an average of 3.1 hours a day.
"Those who watched more than two hours, and particularly those who watched more than three hours, of television per day during childhood had above-average symptoms of attention problems in adolescence," Carl Landhuis of the University of Otago in Dunedin wrote in his report, published in the journal Pediatrics.
Full report: Reuters |
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Internet Safety for Kids: Be an Online Watchdog |
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Kids today are technologically savvy. Preschoolers play games online. High school kids have their own web pages and blogs (online diaries). The Internet can be educational, fun and an important social tool for kids of all ages. Unfortunately, what comes with it is the possibility of danger. How can we as parents, who are many times technologically challenged, protect our kids from dangers online? |
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Too young to drive but 15-year-old Colo girl enters Ivy League |
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Brittney Exline is too young to vote, drive a car or go to an R-rated movie, but at the age of just 15 she is beginning her Ivy League career Wednesday when classes start at the University of Pennsylvania.
She said she doesn't really notice the age gap between herself and her 17- and 18-year-old peers — and neither do they.
"I didn't tell people right off the bat that I was 15," Exline said. "A lot of people were pretty surprised."
Exline grew up in Colorado Springs, where at 8 years she was already in sixth grade. By 13 she had finished high school math. She turned 15 in February and graduated a few months later.
She's not preoccupied with how unique her accomplishments are.
Full report: USA Today |
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Pitt, Jolie ready for fifth child |
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Brad Pitt and his partner Angelina Jolie are ready for another child, the actor said Sunday as he was promoting his new film.
Pitt and Jolie, with children in tow, were in Venice to talk about his film on Western outlaw Jesse James. The movie is competing for the top Golden Lion award at the city's film festival.
Pitt and Jolie already have four children including a 15-month-old girl, Shiloh, born to the couple. Jolie has also adopted three children close in age from Cambodia, Ethiopia and Vietnam.
Full report: MSNBC |
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Motherhood: Everything I Needed to Know About Raising Babies I Learned From My Mom-Friends |
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Written by Ann Douglas
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You can wear out your mouse-pad surfing all the top ranked baby websites, fill your shopping cart to overflowing with the must-read baby magazines, manuals, and momoirs, but, in the end, it’s your mom-friends who tell you what you really need to know. Here are five all-important lessons about motherhood that I learned from other moms. |
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Miscarriage risk increases if parents smoked |
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Women who were exposed to their parents' smoking as children may have a higher likelihood of suffering a miscarriage, new research suggests.
In a study of nearly 2,200 non-smoking pregnant women, researchers found that those exposed to their parents' secondhand smoke during childhood were 80 percent more likely to have a miscarriage compared with women whose parents didn't smoke.
The findings appear in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
Full report: Reuters |
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Happy 50th Birthday, Malaysia |
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Written by Abel Cheng
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Let's take a break from parenting.
Today marks Malaysia's 50 years of independence. An event every Malaysian is proud of.
I want to wish all Malaysians Selamat Hari Merdeka.
In conjunction with Malaysia's golden jubilee, I want to share with you some of the Malaysian parenting blogs worth visiting:
Montessori Mum - A blog by a SAHM to a preschooler and toddler recording the ups and downs and happening at home. Focuses on attachment parenting and Montessori approach.
Something About Lai - A Malaysian full time mother of lovely two sons - Joshua & Elijah who currently resides in Shenzhen, China.
Tips and Tricks to Happy Parenting - Ex-national golfer turned SAHM.
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Boyfriends Do More Housework Than Husbands |
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Married men do less housework than live-in boyfriends, finds an international survey.
But married women do more housework than their live-in counterparts.
“Marriage as an institution seems to have a traditionalizing effect on couples—even couples who see men and women as equal,” said co-researcher Shannon Davis, a sociologist at George Mason University in Virginia.
Understanding the dynamics of couples who live together but are not married has become more important as cohabitation around the globe increases. More than 5 million unmarried partner households (more than 10 million individuals) currently exist in the United States, according to a 2006 report by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Full report: LiveScience |
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