Search Results for 'Young'

Anorexia generation: Kids as young as three treated in hospi...

KIDS should not have a care in the world – particularly about how skinny they look. But a shocking report yesterday revealed hundreds of children are being treated in hospitals for anorexia every year. Two six-year-olds and four sev [...]

Posted On : Dec, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Kids as Young as 5 See Benefits of Positive Thinking

Children as young as 5 years old understand that positive thinking can make a person feel better, according to a new study. The researchers also found that kids' knowledge about the benefits of positive thinking is strongly influenced [...]

Posted On : Dec, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Young kids spend more time with screens than pages

Young children are using digital media frequently, and a new study from Common Sense Media shows that infants and toddlers spend twice as much time with screen media as they do with books. On average, kids under the age of 8 spend abou [...]

Posted On : Oct, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Transition Young Kids Back To School With Ease

Hard to believe (for me at least!) but school will be back in session soon. After a summer off, the transition at the beginning a new school year — specifically for younger children who are starting preschool — can be difficul [...]

Posted On : Aug, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Military Families With Young Kids Face Mounting Child Care C...

It's one thing for most working parents to try to orchestrate child care from 9 to 5, but imagine dealing with the nanny coming down with the flu and other scheduling woes when you're stationed in Iraq. Juggling the work/fam [...]

Posted On : Mar, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Study: Young kids better with tech than 'life skills'

A survey of online mothers found that more small children can play a computer game than ride a bike. The Digital Diaries study from Internet security firm AVG said that 58 percent of children aged two to five know how to play a "bas [...]

Posted On : Jan, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

Young parents discover they are siblings

A couple in Ireland have discovered they are half-brother and sister after meeting in a nightclub, falling in love and having a child. Although admitting they would have split if it wasn't for their child, they have vowed to stay tog [...]

Posted On : May, 31 2010 | Comments : 0

Teach Health Eating When Kids Are Young

Talk to any pediatrician or child psychologist----in fact talk to any parent who has raised their children--and they will tell you that the best chance you have for instilling values, behavior, or manners in a child is when they are young. [...]

Posted On : Sep, 08 2009 | Comments : 0

Low-income kids having sex as young as 12

The research involving 1,000 low-income families showed that one in four children between the ages of 11 and 16 reported having sex, with their first sexual intercourse experience occurring at the average age of 12.77. "So if 12 year [...]

Posted On : Aug, 19 2009 | Comments : 0

Parents of young crash victim still hope that driving laws w...

When she hears a siren, the sick feelings Vicky Heston experienced on a fateful afternoon 10 years ago come rushing back. Her 15-year-old daughter, Jennifer DeFranco, had been in a devastating accident on that April day in 1998 that would [...]