The 74 Million – Asher Lehrer-Small
Fatou and Modou have two healthy children. A 5-year-old boy who likes to build Lego towers. A 7-year-old girl who’s into anime. With each parenting decision the couple has faced over the years — picking a religious Sunday school for their kids, setting bedtime — they have mostly been on the same page.
Moms – Ashley Wehrli
A new survey has found that many people believe that they have inherited their snacking habits from their mom and dad. As a mother, we know that we are a large influence in our child’s life. Not only do our children inherit our hair and eye color, but they can also inherit our behaviors. Our children are always watching us, and they can pick up a lot of our habits, both good and bad. However, surveys and studies are constantly being done to see just how much influence parents have, and it turns out that we may be influencing our snack habits on to our children.
Read More: https://www.moms.com/children-may-inherit-snacking-habits-from-mom-dad/
Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
The study, publishing in Pediatric Obesity on June 28, found that each additional hour spent on virtually all forms of screen time was associated with a higher body mass index (BMI) one year later. In particular, researchers found that each extra hour spent watching or streaming television, YouTube videos, video games, video chat, and texting led to a higher risk of weight gain one year later. At the start of the study, 33.7% of children were considered overweight or obese, and this increased to 35.5% one year later, a proportion that is expected to rise in the late teens and early adulthood.
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Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
A first-of-its-kind longitudinal study of infant curiosity found that months-old babies most captivated by magic tricks became the most curious toddlers, suggesting a pre-verbal baby’s level of interest in surprising aspects of the world remains constant over time and could predict their future cognitive ability.
Read More: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-06-curious-babies-toddlers.html
Romper – Jessica Booth
With warmer weather officially here, one thing parents should be more on the lookout for issigns of heat rash in their kids. While heat rash sounds (and sometimes looks) scarier than it is, it’s not something you want to ignore completely.
Read More: https://www.romper.com/parenting/heat-rash-in-kids-signs-prevention-treatment