If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!The pregnancy rate among teenage girls has jumped for the first time in more than a decade, raising alarm that the long campaign to reduce motherhood among adolescents is faltering.
A study published in the journal Contraception details “reproductive coercion,” when the male partner pressures the other, through verbal threats, physical aggression, or birth-control sabotage, to become pregnant. Reproductive coercion among adolescen…
New research shows bullying victims can suffer lingering health issues, from stomach pains to more colds, even after they become adults.
Female elementary school teachers who are concerned about their own math skills could be passing that along to the little girls they teach, says a new study of first- and second-graders.
Elementary school – Teacher – Education – Math – Teaching Resources
Children who are ambidextrous, using either hand with the same ease, may be more likely to have mental health, language and academic problems than their peers, according to a new study.
Melamine-tainted dairy products were pulled from convenience store shelves in southern China more than a year after hundreds of thousands of children had been sickened in a massive milk safety scandal, a government spokeswoman said Monday.
See images of famous multiples, including the Dilley sextuplets, the McCaughey septuplets and the Chukwu octuplets.
Multiple birth – Family – Home – Parenting – Clubs
A hospital in northeastern Brazil has released a toddler who underwent three surgeries to remove 26 sewing needles his stepfather stuck into him.
One in five American teens has unhealthy cholesterol levels, a major risk factor for heart disease in adults, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.
The average young American now spends practically every waking minute — except for the time in school — using a smart phone, computer, television or other electronic device, according to a new study from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Kaiser Family Foundation – Television – United States – Electronics – Smartphone