Parents need to read to children - Williston Herald: News

Parents need to read to children - Williston Herald: News: Reading is one of the most important skills a child develops during the early childhood years.

The advantages that come with being a fluent and confident reader are many and the life challenges that result from difficulties with reading are easy to imagine

Talking With Baby May Help Prevent ADHD | kvue.com Austin

Talking With Baby May Help Prevent ADHD | kvue.com Austin: A new study from Scotland suggests that the more you talk to and interact with your baby, the less likely it is that your child will develop ADHD later in life.

Researchers believe they have discovered a link between a lack of communication between a mother and her baby and a risk that the child will develop emotional problems and behavioral disorders as the child matures

Baby basics: Does how you parent hinder your child's brain development? | Deseret News

Baby basics: Does how you parent hinder your child's brain development? | Deseret News: Parents may be damaging healthy brain and social development with child-rearing practices that are more parent-centered than baby-focused, according to interdisciplinarian research that’s sparking new debate about what to do for Baby.

Prenatal Exposure to Fish Beneficial to Child Development - News Room - University of Rochester Medical Center

Prenatal Exposure to Fish Beneficial to Child Development - News Room - University of Rochester Medical Center: A study published recently in the Journal of Nutrition adds to the growing scientific evidence that when expecting mothers eat fish often, they are giving their future children a boost in brain development even though they are exposing their children to the neurotoxin, methyl mercury, present in fish.

Mother's Care Determines Child's Brain Size: Study : Health : Counsel & Heal

Mother's Care Determines Child's Brain Size: Study : Health : Counsel & Heal: When scientists scanned and compared the brains of two 3-year-old children, they found that the one who had been treated nicely and nourished by its mother had a considerably larger brain with fewer spots and lesser dark areas, compared to the neglected child.

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Why music is vital to a child's development | This is Hull and East Riding

Why music is vital to a child's development | This is Hull and East Riding: Music is also thought to have educational benefits, as research suggests listening to music affects the function of the brain and learning to play a musical instrument can improve certain skills.

Backyard Tents and Child Development | Psych Central

Backyard Tents and Child Development | Psych Central: Time in a backyard tent is a wonderful metaphor for an important component of parenting – uninterrupted one-on-one attention. When a parent chats about what is important to the child, answers a child’s compelling questions about life, and tells stories about when he was young, a child learns more than information. He also learns that his questions are important enough to answer and that he is someone worth talking to. Time with a parent that is free of stress and that is all about him is critically important to the child’s sense of worth.

The Effects of Early Life Adversity on Brain and Behavioral Development - Dana Foundation

The Effects of Early Life Adversity on Brain and Behavioral Development - Dana Foundation: Our genes supply the basic blueprint for brain development, but experience adjusts the underly­ing brain circuitry based on the unique environment in which each individual lives. As the brain changes, particularly during early development, the same physical environment can result in vastly different experi­ences.

Prenatal Exposure to Fish Beneficial to Child Development - News Room - University of Rochester Medical Center

Prenatal Exposure to Fish Beneficial to Child Development - News Room - University of Rochester Medical Center: A study published recently in the Journal of Nutrition adds to the growing scientific evidence that when expecting mothers eat fish often, they are giving their future children a boost in brain development even though they are exposing their children to the neurotoxin, methyl mercury, present in fish.