Why fears around children playing video games are counterproductive
15 March 2023
Embracing your child's love of video games can be framed as bad parenting, but it is actually the opposite, says clinical psychologist Naomi Fisher
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A reform of surrogacy law in the UK could have major ramifications as reproductive technology advances. We need to look at the relationship between procreation and parenthood, says Teresa Baron
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Babies fall asleep faster when you hold them while walking, compared with when you hold them in a chair or lay them down
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We already knew that a nurturing family can reduce the chances of children developing depression or anxiety - now there's evidence that children from caring families are also more likely to feel happy and confident
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Cronobacter sakazakii contamination shut down the biggest formula manufacturing plant in the US. What we know about how it happened and what parents struggling to find formula can do
Women in a 19th-century Dutch farming village didn't breastfeed
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An analysis of bones from about 500 individuals who died between 1830 and 1867 in Middenbeemster suggests women in the dairy farming community did not breastfeed
Babies bond better with strangers when they can smell their mother
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Maternal body odour signals to babies that they can safely build relationships with other adults, a trait that may have evolved so that mothers can share the load of child rearing
