As a matter of fact, Nana Akufo - Addo and his present wife Rebecca do not
have any biological children between them.
Not exact matches
But being a stepmother is like being in -
between — not fully mother (I
have no
biological children of my own), not fully childless either.
One of the joys I
have found is that with all six of my
children, I see no difference in skin color and no difference
between biological and adoptive.
Put 1 and 2 together and the affective tie or maternal love
between mother and
child has a
biological basis.
For mothers who do not breastfeed their infants the intervals
between births is shortened allowing them to
have more
children during their reproductive years — reducing the reproductive costs associated with being a
biological rider.
A recent study
has reported an association
between dietary long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and mental development in infants.32 It
has been suggested that these fatty acids can be an explanation for the beneficial effect of nutrition with human milk on mental development of the
child.33 34 This may be a plausible
biological explanation of the correlation
between breast feeding and mental development.
In a new study, scientists led by Selvi C. Jeyaraj of the Research Institute at Nationwide
Children's Hospital
have identified a
biological mechanism that may be responsible for icy extremities: an interaction
between a series of molecules and receptors on smooth muscle cells that line the skin's tiny blood vessels.
For example, some
have found significant differences
between children with divorced and continuously married parents even after controlling for personality traits such as depression and antisocial behavior in parents.59 Others
have found higher rates of problems among
children with single parents, using statistical methods that adjust for unmeasured variables that, in principle, should include parents» personality traits as well as many genetic influences.60 And a few studies
have found that the link
between parental divorce and
children's problems is similar for adopted and
biological children — a finding that can not be explained by genetic transmission.61 Another study, based on a large sample of twins, found that growing up in a single - parent family predicted depression in adulthood even with genetic resemblance controlled statistically.62 Although some degree of selection still may be operating, the weight of the evidence strongly suggests that growing up without two
biological parents in the home increases
children's risk of a variety of cognitive, emotional, and social problems.
FAMILY LAW —
CHILDREN — With whom a child shall live — Where there are competing applications for the care of the children by the maternal grandmother, the maternal grandmother's former de-facto partner and the maternal great aunt and uncle — Where the children's biological mother supports the maternal great aunt and uncle's application for sole parental responsibility and residence with them for the subject children — Where the maternal great aunt and uncle have parental responsibility for the mother's three youngest children — Where the maternal great aunt and uncle will facilitate a relationship between the children and the maternal family, including the children's mother — Ordered the maternal aunt and uncle shall each have parental responsibility for the children, to the exclusion of the mother and father of the children — Ordered the children shall live with the maternal aunt a
CHILDREN — With whom a
child shall live — Where there are competing applications for the care of the
children by the maternal grandmother, the maternal grandmother's former de-facto partner and the maternal great aunt and uncle — Where the children's biological mother supports the maternal great aunt and uncle's application for sole parental responsibility and residence with them for the subject children — Where the maternal great aunt and uncle have parental responsibility for the mother's three youngest children — Where the maternal great aunt and uncle will facilitate a relationship between the children and the maternal family, including the children's mother — Ordered the maternal aunt and uncle shall each have parental responsibility for the children, to the exclusion of the mother and father of the children — Ordered the children shall live with the maternal aunt a
children by the maternal grandmother, the maternal grandmother's former de-facto partner and the maternal great aunt and uncle — Where the
children's biological mother supports the maternal great aunt and uncle's application for sole parental responsibility and residence with them for the subject children — Where the maternal great aunt and uncle have parental responsibility for the mother's three youngest children — Where the maternal great aunt and uncle will facilitate a relationship between the children and the maternal family, including the children's mother — Ordered the maternal aunt and uncle shall each have parental responsibility for the children, to the exclusion of the mother and father of the children — Ordered the children shall live with the maternal aunt a
children's
biological mother supports the maternal great aunt and uncle's application for sole parental responsibility and residence with them for the subject
children — Where the maternal great aunt and uncle have parental responsibility for the mother's three youngest children — Where the maternal great aunt and uncle will facilitate a relationship between the children and the maternal family, including the children's mother — Ordered the maternal aunt and uncle shall each have parental responsibility for the children, to the exclusion of the mother and father of the children — Ordered the children shall live with the maternal aunt a
children — Where the maternal great aunt and uncle
have parental responsibility for the mother's three youngest
children — Where the maternal great aunt and uncle will facilitate a relationship between the children and the maternal family, including the children's mother — Ordered the maternal aunt and uncle shall each have parental responsibility for the children, to the exclusion of the mother and father of the children — Ordered the children shall live with the maternal aunt a
children — Where the maternal great aunt and uncle will facilitate a relationship
between the
children and the maternal family, including the children's mother — Ordered the maternal aunt and uncle shall each have parental responsibility for the children, to the exclusion of the mother and father of the children — Ordered the children shall live with the maternal aunt a
children and the maternal family, including the
children's mother — Ordered the maternal aunt and uncle shall each have parental responsibility for the children, to the exclusion of the mother and father of the children — Ordered the children shall live with the maternal aunt a
children's mother — Ordered the maternal aunt and uncle shall each
have parental responsibility for the
children, to the exclusion of the mother and father of the children — Ordered the children shall live with the maternal aunt a
children, to the exclusion of the mother and father of the
children — Ordered the children shall live with the maternal aunt a
children — Ordered the
children shall live with the maternal aunt a
children shall live with the maternal aunt and uncle
Generally defined, temperament is the
biological basis of personality.4 Research on the topic of temperamentally - based socially wary, reticent and inhibited behavior
has reported differences in prevalence of this construct
between East Asian (e.g., China, South Korea) and Western
children and youth (e.g., Western Europe, Canada and the United States); the former group
has demonstrated a higher prevalence of wary, inhibited behavior than the latter.5, 6,7,8,9 In Western cultures, which value independence and assertiveness, socially - inhibited and reticent behavior is viewed as reflecting shyness, fearfulness and social incompetence; in East Asian cultures, which are dominated historically by Confucian and Taoist philosophies, socially wary and inhibited behavior is viewed as reflecting compliance, obedience, being well - mannered, and thus, social maturity and accomplishment.10
Fact: «While public sentiment
has been in favor of nonresident father's involvement in family life, there is limited research evidence of whether their involvement yields positive benefits for
children (King, 1994) and for the functioning of the
biological family unit... most studies, particularly those based on large national databases,
have not been able to detect a significant connection
between the nonresident father's contact with his
child and the
child's well - being (Furstenberg et al., 1987; King, 1994).
The field of temperament
has further come to recognize that co-action, transaction, and interaction characterize development in any biologically informed model of
child functioning.22 By incorporating
biological indicators of temperament and functioning, temperament researchers are able to shift the focus of the research from the observation that an interaction
between parent and
child has occurred and leads to a specific behavioural outcome, to how and why that interaction leads to behavioural change.
If you understand the differences
between biological and adoptive families, if you understand the loss your
child has experienced, you can
have a wonderfully positive impact on his or her life.
within their families when
biological parents, who are 1 out 4 likely to also
have ADHD,
have difficulty with their own emotional regulation and explosive interactions
between parent and
child escalate out of control and 2.
At 10 months of age, one - fifth of
children born in Scotland
between March 2010 and February 2011
had a non-resident
biological parent.
Fact: «New partners
had little effect on mothers... For fathers, however, cohabiting or visiting with a new partner
had a particularly detrimental effect on positive engagement [with their own
children]... The difference
between single fathers and those who
had a new romantic partner is noteworthy, given that both groups were similar in that they lived apart from their
child and did not
have a romantic relationship with the
biological mother... Fathers with a new partner who were engaging less in their
children provide an interesting contrast to the result that mothers with a new cohabiting partner reported them to be higher than married, cohabiting, or visiting fathers on positive engagement and instrumental support.
In the same study by Ponciano (2010), a significant negative correlation
between visits from
biological parents and security of attachment was found, with
children with fewer visits from their
biological parents more likely to
have a secure attachment (Ponciano 2010).
In the parents of
children with ASD group the inclusion criteria for the primary caregivers were as follows: (a) their
child had a medical diagnosis of Asperger syndrome or childhood autism according to ICD - 10 [55] criteria; (b) their
child had no intellectual disability; c) their
child lived at home with them; (
d) their
child was
between 5 and 17 years old; (e) their
child attended a mainstream or inclusive school; (f) no concomitant conditions in
children with ASD; (g) no developmental disorders or serious health problems in other
children in the family; (h) the parents were partners and living together; (i) both of them completed the questionnaires; (j) both of them were
biological parents of the
child.