Parenting/Child health News

Parents are happier

New research finds that parents experience greater levels of happiness and meaning from life than non-parents.

What makes breast milk so important

A new study shows that human milk oligosaccharides, or HMO, produce short-chain fatty acids that feed a beneficial microbial population in the infant gut.

Parenting: Q & A

Dummies, bedtimes, the proper age for teens to start dating - these and many other issues get discussed on the Parenting Corner forum.

Toxic parent alert

Toxic families: high levels of aggression, conflict and anger, or cold, unsupportive and neglectful. How do you cope when your family includes all of the above?

Aggression affects parenting style

New research finds that the level of aggression between partners around the time when a child is born impacts how a mom will be parenting three years later.

Violent couples make bad parents

Couples who are married or living together will probably have more trouble parenting as a team if they have been violent toward one another during pregnancy.

Preschool kids best prepared

All children can benefit from going to preschool, especially those who come from minority or poor families or from homes where parents don't provide much mental stimulation, a new study says.

Death in the schoolyard

Bullying is on the increase. What's more frightening is that we sometimes tell our children to expect it - and accept it - because "kids will be kids".

Infant Feeding

Infant feeding practice for HIV-positive mothers has long been a controversial and difficult subject.

Adrenal hyperplasia in preemies

Researchers say that in preterm newborns, routine screening for adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21-OHD) is not worthwhile.