Sentences with phrase «problems than younger children»

In addition, a significant interaction effect between age and 2 - month follow - up was found on sleep problems (parameter estimate = − 0.14, p =.022), indicating that older children reported more decrease in sleep problems than younger children.

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At least four children have died in China from severe kidney failure due to the melamine added to milk powder, and more than 50.000 infants and young children are currently affected by kidney problems.

I am horrified by the obesity problem among young children (and adults, too), which is a far more dangerous and a far - larger problem than women rock climbing while pregnant or parents rock climbing with a child on their back (or even pregnant women drinking or doing drugs).

Child safety experts at CPSC have «determined that parents with infants younger than four months of age, premature, low - birthweight babies, and babies with colds and respiratory problems should take extra care in using a [carrier], including consulting their pediatrician.»

If you've noticed a problem with your older child's sleeping habits, there's good news — it's usually a lot easier to fix than issues with younger children.

Five - year - old children are much more verbal now than when they were younger and are cognitively and emotionally able to discuss their own behavioral problems.

Some might question if the problem was the fact that it's a second marriage for both, which often has a more dismal divorce record than a first marriage but not always; some second marriages struggle because blending families with young children can be a challenge more than anything else.

But the researchers did find two positive associations between working motherhood and well - adjusted children: kids whose mothers worked when they were younger than 3 were later rated as higher - achieving by teachers and had fewer problems with depression and anxiety.

in my religion it says you should nurse a chld till 2 years of age but i weaned mine at such young ages started pureed food at 4 months and 5 months normal food squashed a little and are both very healthy my advice is to do what you think is best for your child as every childis diffrent and you know thee needs better than any one i would calmly talk to my husband and explain the matter and that every one should back off in a way that will not cause a problem with the relitionship

While sleep regression is more common in children younger than three, toddlers too can experience sleep problems due to major life transitions like potty training or from sleep - related issues like nightmares or night terrors.

If your baby is younger than 4 months old, was born prematurely or at low birth weight, or has a cold or respiratory problem, consult your child's doctor before using a sling.

Some dental malocclusions have been found more commonly among pacifier users than nonusers, but the differences generally disappeared after pacifier cessation.284 In its policy statement on oral habits, the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry states that nonnutritive sucking behaviors (ie, fingers or pacifiers) are considered normal for infants and young children and that, in general, sucking habits in children to the age of 3 years are unlikely to cause any long - term problems.285 There is an approximate 1.2 - to 2-fold increased risk of otitis media associated with pacifier use, particularly between 2 and 3 years of age.286, 287 The incidence of otitis media is generally lower in the first year of life, especially the first 6 months, when the risk of SIDS is the highest.288, — , 293 However, pacifier use, once established, may persist beyond 6 months, thus increasing the risk of otitis media.

With adolescents less likely to spend time outdoors than younger children, they experience less exposure to the sun, which is how we naturally obtain vitamin D. Low vitamin D levels are also a problem at northern latitudes during the winter months when the sun is not sufficient for us to make vitamin D within our bodies, so dietary intakes become more important.

«By increasing their sensitivity to mental states and engaging them in reasoning about false beliefs, we enabled young children not only to quickly apply their newly acquired knowledge to solve a problem in a social situation but also to continue to do so more than a month later,» Lee and colleagues write.

But this stress is magnified in vulnerable communities, because young children living with the adversities of poverty exhibit more behavior problems, on average, than their peers (Evans et al., 2004; Gunnar, 2000).

The charity's research, released in its #FightingFor report, involved interviews with more than 2,700 children and young people (79 per cent of which were under 18) who have sought help for mental health problems, and more than 1,600 parents whose children had sought support.

In addition to preventing illness, young children who are more physically active are more likely to achieve higher academic success, less likely to develop mental health problems, and less likely to start smoking than children who are more sedentary.

PBL starts with the youngest children who engage in real world problems that are often local and spontaneous, rather than fixed.

My question: When are we going to come to grips with the fact that this problem deserves nothing less than the equivalent of a declaration of war by urban school districts on the illiteracy of our young children?

Silberman and Silberman, who first used the term in their 1967 paper «Hyperlexia: Specific word recognition skills in young children,» describe a continuum of reading ability with children who have disabilities such as dyslexia on one end, children with no reading problems in the middle, and at the other end children who «are able to recognize words mechanically at a higher instructional level than indicated by their intellectual potential.»

Opened in 1957, it was designed to be «more clinic, than court,» fostering a child - centred approach to youth justice that aims to address the underlying factors that lead young people to conflict with the law, including problems at home, poverty and under - housing, substance use and mental health issues.

Research indicates that marriage and family therapy is as effective, and in some cases more effective than standard and / or individual treatments for many mental health problems such as: adult schizophrenia, affective (mood) disorders, adult alcoholism and drug abuse, children's conduct disorders, adolescent drug abuse, anorexia in young adult women, childhood autism, chronic physical illness in adults and children, and marital distress and conflict.

This has been identified to be a problem that disproportionately affects Indigenous young people who have very high levels of mobility, including across state borders, often due to cultural reasons.6 Of the 917 children who were completely excluded from the analysis, based on an attendance rate of less than 30 %, 81 % were Indigenous and 45 % had a mother with a maternal alcohol use diagnosis.

Symptoms are often evident as early as 1 to 3 years of age1, 2 and typically continue into later childhood and adolescence,3 - 5 resulting in academic underachievement, reduced social competence, and mental health disorders.6 - 8Quiz Ref IDHowever, fewer than 25 % of young children identified with behavioral problems receive treatment.9, 10 Because of the frequency and nature of their contact with families of young children, primary care physicians are in a unique position to affect the course of early - onset disruptive behavior.11

We found that many problems were between two and three times more likely to be reported as «serious» for children and young people going into Children's Homes than into ordinary foster homes» (Rowe et alchildren and young people going into Children's Homes than into ordinary foster homes» (Rowe et alChildren's Homes than into ordinary foster homes» (Rowe et al, 1989).

As most of the children worked with are younger than one year old, an urgent knowledge requirement was how to prevent later attachment problems through early intervention.

Differences between raters were also expected to lead to higher levels of depressive symptoms in young people with chronic illnesses in studies that used parent ratings as a measure of depressive symptoms (e.g., the Affective Problems scale of the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL); Achenbach, Dumenci, & Rescorla, 2003) than in studies that used self - reports of the cChild Behavior Checklist (CBCL); Achenbach, Dumenci, & Rescorla, 2003) than in studies that used self - reports of the childchild.

Research with young children has found that low family income and poverty are associated with a variety of psychosocial outcomes.1 - 13 To date, more studies have concentrated on the effects of income on problem behaviour1 -3,5-13 than on positive behaviour.2,4 - 5, 8 However, there is some evidence that income is associated with both types of behaviour in young children.2,4 - 5

In addition to frequent and routine contact with young children, pediatricians are especially likely to see children with emotional / behavioral problems, because these children tend to visit their pediatricians more frequently than do other children (Zuckerman, Moore, & Glei, 1996).

The Impact of Trauma on Child Development: The New Arrival Is Younger Than Anticipated — Discussion [Video] Attachment and Bonding Center of Ohio (2013) Explores how past trauma can impact the development of children who have been adopted, including the impact on cause - and - effect thinking that leads to delays in problem - solving skills, moral development, and social skills.

Such placements are more often used for adolescents and children with serious mental or physical health difficulties.51 Overall, the evidence suggests that group home placement is deleterious to children.52 Children in group care in the NSCAW study had poorer developmental outcomes than their counterparts in family environments, but they also had more intense needs at placement entry.53 In a study comparing young children reared in foster family homes to those in group homes, children in group care exhibited more compromised mental development and adaptive skills but similar levels of behavioral prochildren with serious mental or physical health difficulties.51 Overall, the evidence suggests that group home placement is deleterious to children.52 Children in group care in the NSCAW study had poorer developmental outcomes than their counterparts in family environments, but they also had more intense needs at placement entry.53 In a study comparing young children reared in foster family homes to those in group homes, children in group care exhibited more compromised mental development and adaptive skills but similar levels of behavioral prochildren.52 Children in group care in the NSCAW study had poorer developmental outcomes than their counterparts in family environments, but they also had more intense needs at placement entry.53 In a study comparing young children reared in foster family homes to those in group homes, children in group care exhibited more compromised mental development and adaptive skills but similar levels of behavioral proChildren in group care in the NSCAW study had poorer developmental outcomes than their counterparts in family environments, but they also had more intense needs at placement entry.53 In a study comparing young children reared in foster family homes to those in group homes, children in group care exhibited more compromised mental development and adaptive skills but similar levels of behavioral prochildren reared in foster family homes to those in group homes, children in group care exhibited more compromised mental development and adaptive skills but similar levels of behavioral prochildren in group care exhibited more compromised mental development and adaptive skills but similar levels of behavioral problems.54

Depression, reflected in prolonged sadness and feelings of despair, is associated with less engaged, stimulating and proactive parenting, and with a range of social and cognitive problems in young children during infancy, toddlerhood and the preschool years.4 Because young children are so dependent on their mothers for cognitive stimulation and social interaction, they are more likely to be vulnerable to the impact of maternal depression than school - age children or adolescents.

Eron et al concluded that without early family treatment, aggressive behaviour in children «crystallises» by the age of 8, making future learning and behavioural problems less responsive to treatment and more likely to become chronic.5 Yet recent projections suggest that fewer than 10 % of young children who need treatment for conduct problems ever receive it, 6 and an even smaller percentage receive empirically validated treatments.

Rather fewer meet the diagnostic criteria for research, which for the oppositional defiant type of conduct disorder seen in younger children require at least four specific behaviours to be present.7 The early onset pattern — typically beginning at the age of 2 or 3 years — is associated with comorbid psychopathology such as hyperactivity and emotional problems, language disorders, neuropsychological deficits such as poor attention and lower IQ, high heritability, 8 and lifelong antisocial behaviour.9 In contrast, teenage onset antisocial behaviour is not associated with other disorders or neuropsychological deficits, is more environmentally determined than inherited, and tends not to persist into adulthood.9

A behavioral concept developed in the late 1960's, often cited in child custody cases suggesting a condition that infants and young children are at risk of developing serious psychological problems as an older child and adult if time away from the primary caregiver is prevented, impaired or disrupted for more than a few hours at a time; the legal effect of which denied access to the non-custodial parent.

In another report, younger children responded better than older children to behavioral parent training, and children with more severe problems responded better to treatment (Ruma, Burke, & Thompson, 1996).

Aboriginal health is clearly much lower than it could be, but the problem is one of adult mortality, in addition to avoidable deaths among young children.

Research indicates that marriage and family therapy is as effective as, and in some cases more effective than, standard and / or individual treatments for many mental health problems such as: adult schizophrenia, affective (mood) disorders, adult alcoholism and drug abuse, children's conduct disorders, adolescent drug abuse, anorexia in young adult women, childhood autism, chronic physical illness in adults and children, and marital distress and conflict.

Several smaller studies have investigated the relationship of paternal and child mental health, and they have reported related findings among children of different ages than those in the study reported in this article.14, — , 21 One study found an association between paternal depression and excessive infant crying.45 Another study found that children aged 9 to 24 months with depressed fathers are more likely to show speech and language delays, 19,21 whereas another study reported that children aged 2 years with depressed fathers tended to be less compliant with parental guidance.17 Among children aged 4 to 6 years, paternal depression has been found to be associated with increases in problems with prosocial behaviors and peer problems.15 Only 1 other study we are aware of was population based; it was from England and investigated related issues among much younger children, 23 demonstrating that both maternal and paternal depressive symptoms predicted increased child mood and emotional problems at 6 and 24 months of age.

In a recent study on early adaptation to school in young children, McIntyre and colleagues (2006) found that children who had a higher degree of adaptability and intelligence at 36 months were less likely to exhibit behavior problems and more likely to have more positive student — teacher relationship at 60 months than children with lower intelligence and adaptive behavior scores.

Poor self - care behavior would seem to be the obvious explanatory variable for the decline in metabolic control, as adolescents with diabetes are more likely to have problems with self - care behavior than adults and younger children (Delameter, 2000a).

We hypothesized that mothers of young children would prefer prevention / intervention services in primary care more than in other settings, and they would want greater attention on behavior problems during primary care visits than they currently receive.