Although our society has become more open-minded to lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgenders (LGBTs), the social stigma still remains and many adolescents are rejected even by their own family based on their sexual orientation. In a recent report published in the journal pediatrics, researchers at the San Francisco State University found a clear association between [...]
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says that it plans to study the effects of BPA in depth in the future. Currently, the FDA says that BPA’s are safe. According to experts, the FDA bases this on the results of two studies done by other groups. These studies, which were funded by chemical industries, claim [...]
Tags: Baby, Behavior, bottles, BPA, brain, chemicals, child, FDA, infant, plastic, sippy cups, toddler
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Mark Hutton, author of My Out-of-Control Teen, says that despite his being a counselor, he believes that counseling troubled teens is a waste of time and money. He claims that traditional methods of discipline, including grounding, putting teens on medication, threatening to call the police or to kick teens out of the house are not [...]
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It seems that babies at a very young can already tell who’s being naughty and who’s being nice. Which is quite important at this time of the year, right?
Psychologists from Yale University tested six- to ten-month old babies by showing them film clips of two toys performing different activities. One toy performs good deeds and [...]
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