News tagged with child care
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Children perceive humanoid robot as emotional, moral being
(PhysOrg.com) -- Robot nannies could diminish child care worries for parents of young children. Equipped with alarms and monitoring capabilities to guard children from harm, a robot nanny would let parents ...
Apr 06, 2012 |
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Study finds effects of early child care at age 15
Teens who were in high-quality child care settings as young children scored slightly higher on measures of academic and cognitive achievement and were slightly less likely to report acting-out behaviors than peers who were ...
May 14, 2010 |
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A mother's touch: Study shows maternal stimuli can improve cognitive function, stress resilience
(PhysOrg.com) -- UCI child neurologist and neuroscientist Dr. Tallie Z. Baram has found that maternal care and other sensory input triggers activity in a baby's developing brain that improves cognitive function ...
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May 04, 2010 |
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Migrant women adapt in economic crises
With the global recession and the food price spike of 2008, one would expect migrants to be particularly affected, but a recent University of Illinois study revealed migrants in at least one Central Illinois county to be ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Apr 12, 2012 |
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Report: Fight fat even in toddlers, preschoolers
(AP) -- A food pyramid just for the under-2 set? Contrary to popular belief, children don't usually outgrow their baby fat - and a new report urges steps to help prevent babies, toddlers and preschoolers from getting too ...
Jun 23, 2011 |
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Why women are still left doing most of the housework
(PhysOrg.com) -- An Oxford University study says if current trends continue, women will probably have to wait until 2050 before men are doing an equal share of the household chores and childcare. According ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 24, 2011 |
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Report details separation of immigrant parents, children
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Arizona researcher Nina Rabin has released a new report detailing what happens to certain families and their children when parents are apprehended by immigration enforcement.
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May 09, 2011 |
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Children who attend group child care centers get more infections then, but fewer during school years
Children who attend large group child care facilities before age 2½ appear to develop more respiratory and ear infections at that age, but fewer such illnesses during elementary school years, according to a report in ...
Dec 06, 2010 |
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New study suggests most preschool-age children exceed daily screen time recommendations
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that parents limit combined screen time from television, DVDs, computers, and video games to 2 hours per day for preschool-age children. In a study soon to be published ...
Oct 28, 2010 |
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Family child care providers' behavior found to affect children's stress
A new study on preschoolers attending full-day child care in licensed day care homes has found increases in cortisol, a stress hormone, when the children are in child care that exceeds their levels at home. The increases ...
May 14, 2010 |
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Day care dilemma: When 'sick' children are unnecessarily sent home
In a new study, researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, working with Community Coordinated Child Care (4C's), have found that many metropolitan Milwaukee child care directors ...
Apr 19, 2010 |
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Parents treble time they spend on childcare compared with 1975
(PhysOrg.com) -- The time British parents spent on child care each day more than trebled between 1975 and 2000, Oxford research shows.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 07, 2010 |
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Home-based child care meeting nutritional standards; widespread use of TV a concern
A large study of family child care providers shows that while nutrition standards are often met, most children ages 2 to 5 are not getting enough physical activity and are exposed to the television for most of the day.
Dec 15, 2009 |
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Study: kids watching hours of TV at home daycare
In a new study, the amount of television viewed by many young children in child care settings doubles the previous estimates of early childhood screen time, with those in home-based settings watching significantly more on ...
Nov 23, 2009 |
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Study: 2 million babies and mothers die at birth
(AP) -- More than 2 million babies and mothers die worldwide each year from childbirth complications, outnumbering child deaths from malaria and HIV/AIDS, according to a study.
Oct 07, 2009 |
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