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Exposure to Violence Increases Aggression in Children: Studies

April 1, 2011

Monkey See, Monkey Do when it comes to children and violence.

Two world-wide studies published within a year of each other have looked at the increase of violence among children. They came, not surprisingly, to the same conclusion, one which seems like common sense to many of us, but which has been challenged time and time again by propagandists for TV and video game manufacturers. The conclusion? Violence begets violence, no matter where it comes from.

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‘Litte Emperor’ Syndrome – China Struggling with Growing Obesity as Economy Sky Rockets

April 1, 2011

China’s more affluent generation of middle class families have been raising more and more pampered children bringing a growing blight of obesity to Chinese society.

In a sleepy riverside village in Southern China, three-year-old Lu Zhihao tears around his home; his belly, arms and legs wobbling with fat as he stuffs a pear into his mouth.

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Paddling Still Alive in 20 States But Schools Under Pressure to Spare the Rod Forever

March 30, 2011

Schools under pressure to abolish corporal punishment.

Tyler Anastopoulos got in trouble for skipping detention at his high school recently, he received the same punishment that students in parts of rural Texas have been getting for generations.

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Texting Teens Exhausted by Being ‘On Call’ All Night

March 28, 2011

Teens don’t want to miss emergency texts, even late-arriving ones.

10th-grader Ashley Olafsson sleeps with her cellphone under her pillow so she doesn’t miss “emergency’’ texts — “like if a friend broke up with her boyfriend.’’ Stephanie Kimball of Waltham, 14, is also available for urgent overnight correspondence, such as, “Hey, seeing if you’re awake.’’ Dedham ninth-grader Courtney Johnson gets as many as 100 texts while in bed. “I just don’t feel like myself if I don’t have my phone near me or I’m not on it,’’ she said.

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Food Dye’s May be Linked to Hyperactivity in Children

March 26, 2011

Artificial dyes in food are not just limited to candy.

Push a cart down a supermarket aisle, and you’ll pass a kaleidoscope of color. The use of artificial dyes by foodmakers is up by half since 1990, and it’s not limited to candy. The list of foods made pretty by chemicals now includes pickles, bagels and port wine cheese balls.

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Survey: 40% of Children in the UK Sexting

March 20, 2011

“The proportion of young children ‘sexting’ is shocking.”

A survey has found that there is an increase in the number of children in UK taking pornographic images of themselves and swapping them with friends via text messages or the internet. Of the children surveyed , 40% of 11 to 14-year-olds admitted to having used their mobile phones or computer to send pictures of themselves or receive naked or topless images of friends.

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Joy of Parenting a Fantasy: Cost of Children Forces Parents to Convince Themselves It’s Worthwhile

March 4, 2011

Bringing up a child in the 21st century is so expensive parents have no option but to tell themselves it is all worthwhile.

Most parents say they wouldn’t have it any other way. Children cause them financial hardship, eat up their time and cause untold worry… but mums and dads insist they are worth every penny, wrinkle and grey hair.

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Why Was Google Collecting the Last Four Digits of Kids’ Social Security Numbers for an Art Contest?

February 23, 2011

Google could easily have guessed the remainder of the numbers from the other information they collected.

Google asked parents to enter the last four digits of their children’s Social Security Numbers, as well as their city of birth and age, as a condition to enter a Google-sponsored art contest.

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Flying the Nest Study – Parents Almost Always Welcome Home ‘Boomerang Sons’

February 23, 2011

“Boomerang boys” three times more welcome at home than daughters.

Parents are three times more likely to allow their adult sons to return to the family home than daughters, revealed a survey published this week. The “Flying the Nest” study showed that returning sons or “boomerang boys” are considered more obliging house guests than their sisters and that they easily wrap their mothers around their little fingers.

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Calories Posted on Menus Makes Little Difference in What Children and Teens Order

February 15, 2011

Children and adolescents noticed the calories posted on the menu but the calorie counts made little difference.

Requiring fast-food restaurants in New York City to post calorie counts on menus did little to cut the number of calories children and teens consumed, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

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60% of Children Lie About Their Age on the Internet

February 9, 2011

Parents are being encouraged to take an interest in and support their children’s online activity during Safer Internet Day.

Young people are defying the dangers that adults have warned them about and are still taking chances that could put themselves at risk online, according to new research. Six out of every 10 young people who make contact with strangers on the internet lie about their age, a new survey has revealed, and 43 per cent have online ‘friends’ they’ve never met in real life, says research to mark Safer Internet Day.

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Children with Working Moms Are Six Times More Likely to be Overweight

February 5, 2011

Working mothers have less time to prepare more nutritious meals

Children whose mothers work are six times more likely to be overweight, research shows. They believe that a diet of fatty ready meals and snacks eaten unsupervised after school is causing them to pile on the pounds.

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