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Baby Einsteins: Not So Smart After All |
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Parenting
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Wednesday, 08 August 2007 |
The claim always seemed too good to be true: park your infant in front of a video and, in no time, he or she will be talking and getting smarter than the neighbor's kid. In the latest study on the effects of popular videos such as the "Baby Einstein" and "Brainy Baby" series, researchers find that these products may be doing more harm than good. And they may actually delay language development in toddlers.
Led by Frederick Zimmerman and Dr. Dimitri Christakis, both at the University of Washington, the research team found that with every hour per day spent watching baby DVDs and videos, infants learned six to eight fewer new vocabulary words than babies who never watched the videos. These products had the strongest detrimental effect on babies 8 to 16 months old, the age at which language skills are starting to form. "The more videos they watched, the fewer words they knew," says Christakis. "These babies scored about 10% lower on language skills than infants who had not watched these videos."
Full report: Time
See also:
The Secret To Developing Your Child’s Genius And Talents
Can Classical Music Influence the Intelligence of Your Baby? |
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Study: More children die in ATV accidents than bicycle accidents |
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Home Organization and Safety
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Written by Administrator
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Tuesday, 07 August 2007 |
Children under the age of 16 are seven times more likely to ride bicycles than all-terrain vehicles, yet ATVs cause more deaths among youngsters than their peddling counterparts, according to a study released Tuesday.
Jim Helmkamp, who tracks ATV statistics as director of West Virginia University's Injury Control Research Center, found that on average, 171 children died each year across the country in ATV accidents between 2000 and 2004, compared to 157 deaths from bicycle crashes.
Full report: The Associated Press |
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Gwen Stefani on motherhood, nursing, touring with baby, and how it 'keeps getting better' |
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Parenting
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 06 August 2007 |
Songstress Gwen Stefani, 37, made the Australian media rounds while promoting her Sweet Escape shows in the country last week. We have a full interview roundup -- Gwen discusses her motherhood fear, nursing, taking Kingston on tour, flights, Gavin Rossdale as a dad, why parenthood keeps getting better, Kingston's sense of humor, and more.
Full report: Celebrity Baby Blog |
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Proud father of ninth child at 90! |
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Parenting
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Written by Administrator
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Sunday, 05 August 2007 |
Is it proof that male menopause is a myth or is it the potency of camel's milk? On August 1, 2006, TOI first reported the incredible story of 88-year-old Barmer farmer Virmaram Jat fathering a bonny boy. Now, a 90-year-old has stolen a march on him by siring a baby girl — his ninth child to boot.
Full report: The Times of India |
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New laws to protect breastfeeding mums |
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Parenting
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Written by Administrator
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Friday, 03 August 2007 |
MOTHERS will be able to breastfeed their children without fear of discrimination under new laws to be introduced by the State Government.
Attorney-General John Hatzistergos announced the laws today, saying he was concerned some mothers - especially those returning to work - stopped breastfeeding because they feared discrimination.
"Unfortunately there are still some people who retain an unsympathetic attitude towards breastfeeding in public, including the workplace," Mr Hatzistergos said.
"These new laws will provide breastfeeding mothers with the full protection of the law, ensuring that children in NSW are given the best possible start in life."
Full report: news.com.au |
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Fisher-Price to Recall Nearly 1M Toys |
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Home Organization and Safety
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Written by Administrator
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Thursday, 02 August 2007 |
Toy-maker Fisher-Price is recalling 83 types of toys — including the popular Big Bird, Elmo, Dora and Diego characters — because their paint contains excessive amounts of lead.
The recall being announced Thursday involves 967,000 plastic preschool toys made by a Chinese vendor and sold in the United States between May and August. It is the latest in a wave of recalls that has heightened global concern about the safety of Chinese-made products.
The recall is the first for Fisher-Price Inc. and parent company Mattel Inc. involving lead paint. It is the largest for Mattel since 1998 when Fisher-Price had to yank about 10 million Power Wheels from toy stores.
Full report: SFGate.com
Related: List of Recalled Toys |
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Nicole Richie Confirms She's Pregnant |
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Trying to Conceive and Pregnancy
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 01 August 2007 |
After months of rumors, Nicole Richie confirmed Tuesday that she is pregnant.
"Yes I am. We are," Richie told ABC News' Diane Sawyer in an interview to be aired this week. "I'm almost four months."
Richie's boyfriend, Good Charlotte frontman Joel Madden, is the father.
Full report: FOXNews.com |
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One Laptop Per Child Becomes Reality |
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Misc
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Written by Administrator
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Tuesday, 31 July 2007 |
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It began as a dream more than 40 years ago, and today Nicholas Negroponte's vision of providing affordable laptops to children all over the world is moving closer to reality. After years of research, prototypes and collaboration, the non-profit organization One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) begins mass production of a laptop that has the potential to provide children all over the globe with a critical tool to the world -- the Internet. The machines will allow impoverished children all over the world to have the chance to better their lives through a new platform of learning. Full report: ABC News
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A growing number of British women are falling pregnant after a one-night stand |
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Sex and Intimacy
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 30 July 2007 |
This summer's blockbuster romcom charts the story of a girl who has a baby after a one-night stand – a scenario all too familiar to a growing number of British women.
According to pregnancy advisory serviceMarie Stopes International (MSI), in January this year 13 per cent more women sought abortions than the previous year. Although there is always an increase in January, following all those brief drunken encounters of the festive season, this upturn was sharp enough to cause concern.
In the UK, 81 per cent people of a reproductive age use some form of contraception, and a quarter of all women aged 16 to 49 use an oral one. That's an awful lot of people not wanting to conceive. But a quick, highly unofficial straw poll among friends reveals more than half a dozen surprise pregnancies after short relationships or one night stands – even using a contraceptive. Somehow, it seems the figures aren't adding up.
Full report: The Independent |
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Drug switch plunges boy into hell |
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Health and Fitness
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 30 July 2007 |
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When Wade Somani was put on a new drug to calm his hyperactivity and aggression, he suffered hallucinations and completely lost control.
After two years on Ritalin, he was put on Rubifen in April under Government subsidy changes to save $1 million a year.
"He had terrible hallucinations. He had shaking spasms in his legs. He was throwing himself around the room, screaming and howling that he was in agony," his mother, Jude Betham of Pukekohe, recalled yesterday. "We were very frightened because we've never seen him like that before."
Full report: NZ Herald |
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Internet police avert girl’s suicide plans |
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Home Organization and Safety
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Written by Administrator
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Thursday, 26 July 2007 |
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An 11-year-old schoolgirl who told Internet chat-room visitors that she was planning to kill herself was traced by Attica electronic crime squad officers who informed her parents, it was revealed yesterday.
Working on tipoffs, police traced the messages to the girl’s home and informed her parents that the girl had expressed her intention to commit suicide, citing personal problems. The parents said they had not been aware that their daughter was unhappy.
Full report: ekathimerini.com
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