Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
Chris Dier understands how trauma can follow you for a lifetime. In 2005, he was entering his senior year of high school, looking forward to a year of making memories at Andrew Jackson High in Chalmette, Louisiana. Then, disaster struck. Twice.
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When kids and teens chafe under COVID-19 quarantine, how can parents stop the meltdowns and misbehavior? Start with understanding: Young people miss their friends and their freedom. Younger kids might respond by throwing tantrums. Teens might isolate themselves, ignore social distancing rules or sneak out to see friends.
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The best way to prevent food allergies is to introduce the most common allergenic foods to babies early in life, as research evidence for peanut and egg has shown. Even during the current COVID-19 pandemic, the benefits of allergy prevention outweigh the very small risk of a severe reaction.
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A recent study among three- to seven-year-old children shows that children’s motor skills benefit if a child was older and participated in organised sports. Additionally, the study provided information about the importance of temperament traits for motor skills. More specifically, traits such as activity and attention span persistence were found to be positively associated with motor skills. This was a rather novel result, as the association between motor skills and temperament during early childhood is not yet widely understood.
Read MoreMoms – Larissa Marulli
The coronavirus pandemic has impacted every aspect of daily life and the effect on our children may be more than we like to think about. The loss of children’s play with peers and outside in the middle of the current pandemic is taking an effect on all of us, but we have yet to hear much about it all from a child’s perspective.
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