Hyper-parenting styles seek to ensure success for children but may harm kids by cutting down on physical activity.
Yearly Archives: 2016
The government plans to allow child labour in family businesses, such as bidi-making, if it does not disrupt their education, but child activists are skeptical. Click to read more.
Government proposes allowing more child labour
Monsoon clothing for kids must be comfortable, water-resistant, easy to clean and stylish too. Read on to know what you need to buy for this season.
A parent’s guide to clothing and weather: monsoons
Researchers have found that under the right conditions, a shorter amount of time spent on homework helps students do better on standardized tests. Click to read more.
When it comes to homework, less may be more
Research shows that genes play a large role in determining personality. A new study finds that motivation to study is also genetic. Click to read more.
Motivation to study is genetic
How much a child understands the passing away of a loved one is based on many factors such as their maturity, age, character and previous experience.
Discussing death with kids
Based on a recent breakthrough, in ten years it may be possible to correct genetic defects and allow those who were born deaf to hear.
Gene therapy could sound good to those born deaf
If you are going on a faraway vacation, there's no way to totally avoid a flying with children, but there are a few ways you can take reduce the turbulence.
A parent’s guide to flying with children
Obese children are more prone to becoming overweight adults and increase their risks of developing heart disease, cancers, diabetes.
Childhood obesity is increasing in India
The south of India, which has generally been considered to have better health trends, is now leading in the occurrence of diabetes among its population. Click to read more.
Diabetes is increasing in India’s south
Using TV as a reward or a babysitter is a convenient option for parents, but is it helping develop bad habits in children? Click to read more.
Offering TV as a reward has risks
Because children’s immunities are still developing, they are more prone to disease complicated by air pollution. Parents need to be vigilant in monitoring their children's respiratory health.
Parents have to be vigilant dealing with pollution
Parents who want their kids to eat vegetables can try a new tactic. A study found that kids were four times more likely to so if they grew the vegetables.
Want kids to eat vegetables? Grow your own!
We may not yet be living in a world where robots mix with us every day, but at least one researcher thinks that day is near when it comes to robot pets.
Robot pets are coming soon, maybe
According to a study, a spouse's stress increases blood pressure in men. Click to read more.
Men are just overgrown babies
New research suggests that the preference for sons among Indian parents, especially Hindu parents, is the reason for the persistent problem of stunted children. Click to read more.
Is India’s culture the reason for its stunted kids?
Children who shared a computer in school were more likely to do better than those who each had their own device or those with no device at all. Click to learn more.
Sharing computers in school improves results
Yoga has its origins in India, but it is now a billion-dollar business in the US and bears little resemblance to the spiritual practice that it started out as.
The yoga business is booming in America; India too
The main reason eggs were put on the unhealthy food radar was to their high cholesterol content. But eggs are good for you and incredibly healthy. Click to read more.
Go suck an egg! Really. Eggs are good for you
The most effective method of preventing chickenpox is by getting the vaccine. It is given in two doses and can prevent the disease developing in most cases. Click to learn more.
Everything you need to know about chikenpox
India's women are underweight compared to other regions and poverty reduction hasn't helped. Click to read more.