Sentences with phrase «studying only children»

Dr. Toni Falbo, a professor of educational psychology at University of Texas at Austin who has been studying only children in the States and in China for decades, says it's not clear if divorce is any easier if there are siblings.

Not exact matches

In a study of 600 high risk children, only 3 % of those who were exposed to the snack developed a peanut allergy, compared to 17 % of those in the group that avoided peanuts.

Her will, she notes, calls for Debra's to go to her only child, who is now 26 and studying to become a naturopathic physician.

• Perhaps you noticed the NYU Child Study Center's questions target only certain children, kids somewhere in the A and B range with potential for getting into a good school.

Though quality care is most crucial in the first two years, major studies rate only 8 percent of infant child care as good or excellent.

Not only are men supposed to attend morning Bible studies, but they're supposed to get home in time for dinner, spend time alone with each child, date their wives once a week, and earn enough money so that their wives can stay home with their young children.

While the study emphasised that the abstinence - only classes «would not be moralistic», there was an underlying assumption in those classes that the children themselves were moral beings - a striking difference between the abstinence - only and safe sex - only interventions.

In his book The Evolution of Desire, evolutionary psychologist David Buss notes, «According to a United Nations study of millions of people in forty - five societies, 39 percent of divorces occur when there are no children, 26 percent when there is only a single child, 19 percent where there are two, and less than 3 percent when there are four or more.»

«A recent study at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine suggests that abstinence - only» education can be effective in delaying sexual activity among sixth - and seventh - grade children.

His most recent study, comparing 1,025 public and Catholic high schools, shows not only that the Catholic schools were more effective overall, but that they were especially beneficial to children from economically disadvantaged homes or where relationships between parents and children were disturbed.

[3] For example, a study conducted in 2000 found that only 1.5 % of sexual abuse disclosures by children were false.

No formal comparative study has ever broken down child sexual abuse by denomination, and only the Catholic Church has released detailed data about its own.

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A study finds only sustained parental criticism was associated with the continuance of ADHD symptoms in the children who had been diagnosed with ADHD.

Neuroscientists have over the past decade uncovered evidence, both in rodent and human studies, that parental caregiving, especially in moments of stress, affects children's development not only on the level of hormones and brain chemicals, but even more deeply, on the level of gene expression.

There are only a couple of studies that have looked at the epidemiology of heading in these age groups, and thankfully, these studies have suggested that heading is not a very frequent activity for most children, especially in recreational leagues.

A new study psuggests that children not only ask for more food to fill larger bowls — they also eat more.

When I first started studying culture around parenting and children at first I naively thought it was only those without children who perpetuated these attitudes.

I hadn't known about this center's work, and it is highly illuminating and also offers hope for those of us who'd like to see men feel accepted and embraced in that role My only concern is that of the 31 fathers in this study most were at home with babies / young children (meaning they probably hadn't been married too long) and the mean number of years spent caregiving was slightly greater than 5; I wish the authors indicated how many had been doing it for 17 years.

In one study, only 26 percent of children weaned themselves.

In fact, even though one - third of women who were part of 2015 study in Maternal and Child Health Journal were told that their baby might be quite large near the end of the third trimester, only one in five of them actually birthed a baby over 8 pounds, 13 ounces — the usual threshold for labeling a baby «large.»

Several research studies seem to confirm that cuddling your children is not only pleasurable for both of you, but can...

The study found that more than one in three children report experiencing headaches in the past month, but only 13 percent of parents think their children experience headaches as a result of stress.

Performing a «meta - analysis» of data from 14 studies published between 1999 and 2012, researchers at Cinncinati Children's Hospital found a 72 % risk reduction in female athletes under 18 years old versus a risk reduction of only 16 % for those over age 18.

• A recent UK study found only 4 % of children in stepfamilies who did not live with their fathers having negative feelings about contact with them (Smith et al, 2001).

It is a combo app where children can not only have fun but they will learn many different things such as cognition and knowledge of math, science, social studies, language and literacy as well as social as well as emotional development.

The study looked only at injuries that required the children to be sent to emergency care at a hospital or clinic, so we're not talking about band - aids or scraped knees here.

Sleep Training Study Findings Not Final Word API and other researchers encourage parents to reject the pervasive notion that parental sleep can only happen, or best happens, when we purposely and repeatedly ignore and dismiss the distress calls of our babies and children at night.

By: Ed BruskeA little sugar with that calcium?A landmark study on calcium and vitamin D nutrition recently published by the Institute of Medicine poses a serious challenge to a dairy industry campaign to sell chocolate milk to the nation's school children, finding that only girls aged 9 to... Read more

When comparing these study groups, only 16 percent of children that stopped using a bottle before age 2 were obese when they reached five and a half.

One study reported that only 20 % of children attained «complete» bladder and bowel control by age 2 (Largo et al 1978).

4) Not only does breastfeeding offer health benefits while a child is actively being nursed, but studies show that it also provides long - term health benefits such as reduced chances of asthma, childhood leukemia, diabetes, gastroenteritis, otitis media (ear infections), LRTIs (pneumonia, bronchitis, etc), necrotizing enterocolitis, obesity, and other potentially life - altering or fatal conditions.

Well, in a longitudinal study looking at night wakings between birth and 3 years of age, the percentage of infants / children who did not signal their parents at night from 6 months to 3 years only rose from 29.58 % to 37.94 % [4].

[12] Another recent study found that only 20 percent of children who experienced divorce had parents who argued frequently while married (compared to seven percent of children whose parents stayed married).

A good tutor will work to not only improve your child's grades, but will help to build their sense of self worth as they gain mastery over their studies.

The study revealed that among the 41 tested seat models, only ten came out to be worth buying, while 13 were not even safe for young children.

According to a 2007 Child Trends study, only 7 % of mothers with a college degree had a child outside of marriage, compared to more than 50 % of mothers who had not gone to colChild Trends study, only 7 % of mothers with a college degree had a child outside of marriage, compared to more than 50 % of mothers who had not gone to colchild outside of marriage, compared to more than 50 % of mothers who had not gone to college.

One study indicates that the risk of getting type 1 diabetes is 1.5 times higher if a child is introduced to cow's milk (through e.g. formula) before the age of four months, as compared to children that are only breastfed.

If we only studied the average — in other words, if we overlooked individual differences — we would miss out on key information about child development.

«There is an accumulating body of knowledge based on many studies that shows only minor differences between children of divorce and those from intact families, and that the great majority of children with divorced parents reach adulthood to lead reasonably fulfilling lives.»

However, a recent study of more than 600 children older than 6 months found that children with mild gastroenteritis and minimal dehydration actually fared better on diluted apple juice (50 percent water and 50 percent apple juice) followed by drinks of their choice than kids who were only given electrolyte solutions.

And while letting your child make a decision about whether or not they want to be tickled may not have been the point of that particular study, it's still an example of an area where we should let our little ones voice their own opinions and maybe even more importantly, learn that only they are in control of their own bodies.

Most studies have shown that doctors and other health professionals are only correct about half the time when they think a child has strep after just a physical exam.

Responsible for approximately 70 % of what a child eats, according to a 2006 study in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, the «gatekeeper» is in charge of not only the home - cooked meals, but also snacks, packed lunches and restaurant meals.

Several research studies seem to confirm that cuddling your children is not only pleasurable for both of you, but can result in happier, healthier, more curious kids with bigger brains!

«While only parents and athletes in individual sports were examined in this study, I believe that the results may apply to parents of children in youth sports,» says Kaye.

• Studies of 156 cultures found that only 20 per cent promoted men's close relationships with infants, and only 5 per cent with young children.

For example, if a child sets a goal of getting an A in social studies, one of the reasons might be to make mom happy, but it shouldn't be the only reason.

Studies show that only 5 percent of parents actually sit down, explain to their children when a marriage is breaking up, and encourage the kids to ask questions.

She studied milk consumption in federally funded preschools across Connecticut where only white milk was offered, and found that those children drank it happily.