News tagged with motherhood
Research shows 50 years of motherhood manuals set standards too high for new mums
New research at the University of Warwick into 50 years of motherhood manuals has revealed how despite their differences they have always issued advice as orders and set unattainably high standards for new mums and babies.
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Mar 12, 2012 |
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Do US men value fatherhood over their careers?
The classic figure of a distant, career-focused father who spends lots of time at the office and who has little time for his kids might be getting outdated, a new study shows.
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Oct 13, 2011 |
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Immigrant domestic workers transform childcare methods
Domestic work carried out by immigrants is changing the way Spanish families care for their children, according to a study done by a researcher at Universidad Carlos III in Madrid who is analyzing this subject.
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Oct 11, 2011 |
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Barnard professor explores the rich, sweet history of milk
Throughout history, milk has been a symbol of motherhood and fertility, but also prosperity, health and strength. In Hindu mythology a churning ocean of milk releases the nectar of immortality. Statues of the Egyptian ...
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Sep 23, 2011 |
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Sociologists find lowest-paid women suffer most from motherhood penalty
In a study of earnings inequality among white women, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst find that having children reduces women's earnings, even among workers with comparable qualifications, experience, ...
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Oct 05, 2010 |
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Motherhood appears to protect against suicide
Motherhood appears to protect against suicide, with increasing numbers of children associated with decreasing rates of death from suicide, found an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Mar 22, 2010 |
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Australian researchers put paid to "baby brain" myth
Australian researchers said on Friday they had debunked the myth that a women's ability to think was impaired by pregnancy and mothering a newborn -- a condition commonly referred to as "baby brain".
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Feb 05, 2010 |
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Teenage Fathers Often Born to Teenage Fathers, Study Finds
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sons of adolescent fathers are nearly twice as likely to perpetuate the cycle of young parenthood and become teenage dads themselves, a new study by the Yale School of Public Health has found.
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Jan 15, 2010 |
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Mothers with postpartum depression with suicidal thoughts and their infant interactions
The joys of motherhood for many women can also lead other new moms to experience postpartum depression and even worse - ideas for committing suicide.
Sep 03, 2009 |
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Anthropologist examines stigma of infertility in Nigeria
In sub-Saharan Africa, the issue of infertility is often obscured by the region's high fertility rates. Though problematic, particularly for women, little is known about how different regions understand and respond to infertility ...
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Apr 23, 2009 |
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Modern life-making women 'ignorant and ill-equipped' to cope with motherhood
The growing trend to move miles away from hometowns and family for work is leaving many women feeling 'ignorant and ill-equipped' to cope with pregnancy and childbirth.
Mar 02, 2009 |
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Mother
A mother, mom, mum, momma, or mama is a woman who has raised a child, given birth to a child, and/or supplied the ovum that grew into a child. Because of the complexity and differences of a mother's social, cultural, and religious definitions and roles, it is challenging to specify a universally acceptable definition for the term. The male equivalent is a father.
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