About 10 percent of children snore regularly.
Parents may have more to worry about than just a noisy bedtime when their children snore. Irregular breathing during sleep could actually have much more serious implications for a child’s behavior.
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Most of that sweet fare is coming from home.
In recent years, America’s intake of sugary foods and drinks has dropped, but kids in the U.S. are still consuming too much, government researchers say.
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Survey data from 2005 through 2010 and found that, on average, 7.5 million children lived with a parent abusing alcohol during any given year.
According a new government study released on Thursday, more than one in 10 U.S. children live with an alcoholic parent and are at increased risk of developing a host of health problems of their own.
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Smoking in a vehicle can create toxic levels of circulating smoke.
While there are fewer kids and teens are getting exposed to secondhand smoke while riding in the car, the rates of exposure are still high enough to warrant concern, according to a new government study.
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Makayla Hayes, 14, won the international grand prize in the 2011 National Geographic Kids photo contest for this photo.
When you hand a kid a camera you can get a glimpse into their world. They have an interesting perspective on just about everything. This year’s winners in the Fifth Annual National Geographic Kids International Photo Contest captured humorous quips, quirky sights, and poignant moments that may be impossible to see without a view finder. (Pics)
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Study found kids’ weight, cholesterol and blood pressure helped predict the odds of a parent developing heart disease, high blood pressure or diabetes over the next three decades.
When children have high cholesterol or blood pressure, their parents may have increased risks of diabetes and heart disease down the road, according to a new study.
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Inventor kids
You probably think kids are only good at inventing excuses to avoid chores, but think again. These teens and tweens are the minds behind some revolutionary products from household staples, Philo Farnsworth’s electronic television to cool niche novelties magnetic locker wallpaper to an entire method of communicating braille.
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A simple swab of the inside cheek will tell if your child will be a future sports star.
Is your kid the next LeBron James, Peyton Manning or Albert Pujols? A Colorado company claims it can find out through DNA testing.
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Featured invention at the DaVinci Inventor Showcase 2011
Teach Me T’s by Kids Learning Boutique™ is a new patent-pending clothing design that focuses on this most intimate time and the toddlers’ desire to learn. The alphabet, both upper and lower case, and the decimal numbers, i.e., 1 through 10, and the colors are printed upside down on cotton T-shirts. While your child is trying to learn the alphabet, he/she can have the letters, numbers, and colors too at his/her fingertips all day. (Pics)
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Are your kids turning into a fountain of four-letter words? Blame it on TV.
A new study has found a link between foul-mouthed inner-city children and profanity-ridden shows and video games.
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Images like this helped researchers determine differences in the faces of children with autism.
University of Missouri researchers may be a step closer to understanding what causes autism. They have found differences between the facial characteristics of children who have autism and those who don’t.
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By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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