News tagged with raising children

Married with children the key to happiness?

Having children improves married peoples' life satisfaction and the more they have, the happier they are. For unmarried individuals, raising children has little or no positive effect on their happiness. These findings by ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1




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Liberals vs. conservatives: How politics affects charitable giving

Americans are more likely to donate to a charity that reflects the values of their political affiliation, according to a new study from Rice University, the University of Texas at San Antonio and Pennsylvania ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 27

Child abandonment in Europe is neglected issue, say researchers

Researchers have called for a consistent and supportive approach to child abandonment in Europe to protect the welfare of the hundreds of youngsters given up by their parents every year.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Computers excel at identifying smiles of frustration (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US have trained computers to recognize smiles, and they have turned out to be more adept at recognizing smiles of frustration ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

NamibRand nature reserve becomes Africa's first international Dark Sky reserve

Namibiaʼs NamibRand Nature Reserve, one of Africaʼs largest private nature reserves, has expanded its conservation role to include preserving the star-filled nighttime skies that shine above its dunes and mountains. ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Holidays inspire disadvantaged children to learn, says study

Holidays could serve as a valuable extension of the national curriculum for the UK’s disadvantaged youngsters, new research has suggested.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Houston museum unveils $85 million dinosaur hall

(AP) -- Pups in her womb, a large eye visible behind the rib cage, one baby stuck in the birth canal: all fossilized evidence that this ancient marine beast, the Ichthyosaur, died in childbirth.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4

120,000 troubled families in UK?

The reliability of figures used as the basis for the Coalition’s ‘Troubled Families’ program is questioned in new research published by academics at the University of Bristol. The government claim ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Education plays mitigating role in escaping roots of adversity: study

Decades of research show people born into poverty are likely to continue to live that way as adults. But one University of Georgia researcher has found a way out—education.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new category of heel: The customer service saboteur

There are jerks, and then there are jerks.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

AP IMPACT: Evacs and drills pared near nuke plants

(AP) -- Without fanfare, the nation's nuclear power regulators have overhauled community emergency planning for the first time in more than three decades, requiring fewer exercises for major accidents and recommending that ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3


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