Tag: kids
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The Moral Life of Babies
Read more: The Moral Life of BabiesDo we start out with a sense of right and wrong or not? A long exploration in the NYT Magazine: [T]he current work…on baby morality, might seem like a perverse and misguided next step. Why would anyone even entertain the thought of babies as moral beings? From Sigmund Freud to Jean Piaget to Lawrence Kohlberg, psychologists…
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Stress, Depression, and Asthma
Read more: Stress, Depression, and AsthmaA study looks at how a depression and stress combo can trigger asthma symptoms in children. If your child has asthma and is experiencing symptoms of depression, you may want to reconsider buying advanced tickets to the Twilight’s Eclipse. New research shows asthmatic children with depression are 50 percent more likely to have an…
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Behavioral Optometry vs. ADHD
Read more: Behavioral Optometry vs. ADHDAnother massive mental-health related piece in the New York Times magazine–Concocting a Cure for Kids with Issues. [Some] parents often don’t trust the mental-health professionals who usually treat children with “issues,” as we euphemistically tend to refer to problems like learning disabilities, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism or other developmental difficulties. […] That’s why some of…