Term has many and varied definitions depending on context, but is generally accepted as the period in life between birth and puberty, although this can be argued. Can also refer to offspring at any stage in life.
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Do children who attend pre-school get sick less often when they start kindergarten?
For children who attend pre-school between the ages 2 and 4, do they tend to have better immunities (and therefore get sick less often) than elementary-school children who did not attend pre-school, ...
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No kids under 13 in the front seat?
On various pages throughout its Web site, the (United States) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration warns against seating anyone in the front seat of an automobile [manufactured for sale in ...
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Is vaccination from polio necessary in first world countries?
Last week I stumbled upon an article which stated that vaccination from polio is totally unnecessary for infants in first world countries. The article cited a bunch of questionable sources like ...
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Are there 40,000 children of same-sex couples in California?
In 2008, California citizens passed a controversial amendment to the state constitution, Proposition 8, defining marriage as between one man and one woman.
Recently, the US Supreme Court has begun ...
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Does florescent lighting in schools correlate to increased illness and behavior problems?
A morning talk radio program was discussing Scotopic sensitivity syndrome and made the claim that in schools where Florescent lighting had been replaced with indirect non-florescent lighting had more ...
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Is “strawberry quik” and chocolate flavored meth going around schools?
I've been seeing this scary letter making the rounds on Facebook:
Quite simply, is this a real thing? Is the letter authentic? Is there candy flavored meth floating around elementary schools? Is ...
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At which age children can be meaningfully labeled as having a religion? [closed]
Richard Dawkins: There no such thing as a Muslim child, only a child of Muslim parents.
In different ages children can learn different concepts. It's a popular belief that children before the age ...
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Do frank (but not gratuitous) discussions or depictions of sexuality traumatize children?
I've heard many parents, on several occasions, make statements to the effect that they believe it to be harmful to discuss sexuality openly and directly with young children (I'm talking about kids ...
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Does the Uzbekistan government force children to perfom slave labor harvesting cotton?
A family member posted a link to a blog about companies using slave labor.
While the title is a bit misleading because it is not the companies themselves directly employing slave labor but rather ...
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Is “co-sleeping” (infant sleeps in bed with parents) safe?
Among some circles, co-sleeping is highly advocated for newborns/infants due to ease of breastfeeding and potential developmental bonding to the mother (for more examples, read about proposed ...
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Baby flashcards: good or bad?
Baby flashcards have grown in popularity. They are advertised with seemingly amazing effects, like 1½ year old reading and counting.
On the other hand academics seem to either say that they don't ...
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Is participating in competitive sport harmful to young children?
There is a proposal for all primary school children (ages 4 to 11) in England to play competitive team sports:
Competitive team sports will be made compulsory for all primary age children, David ...
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Does Elimination communication work and can it be practiced in a modern society?
Is the method of Elimination communication to bring up a baby without using diapers real and working?
And since it was "taken" from primitive tribes where the mother is with the baby 24/7 for a long ...
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Do chiropractors cure bed wetting?
As many parents know, bed-wetting in young children is a frustrating problem. In a nearby town, at least two of the three chiropractors claim they can resolve bed-wetting issues. Are there any merit ...
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Is this scary looking image about child teeth development accurate?
There's a popular (and rather scary looking) picture on the Tobokoz photoblog, depicting a child's skull with all deciduous teeth (baby teeth) still attached, and adult teeth showing in a quite ...
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Benefits and detriments of attachment parenting
Attachment parenting (AP) is often succinctly defined as “Parents focus on forming strong emotional bonds with their children as they grow, using techniques such as co-sleeping, baby wearing and ...
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Are university research studies involving children a money making scheme?
I would like to point out that this question is from a dubious and unverified claim that I had encountered. I thoroughly searched the internet for any information on such claims but could not find ...
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Are there banned words in New York standarized tests?
I just came across a random post on a random news blog saying that several words were banned from New York's standardized tests. This included common words, such as Christmas, dinosaurs, birthdays.
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Are brighter (brainer) children/teens more immature? [closed]
Often it seems that the brainier children/teens are also those that develop physically (and possibly emotionally) later than other kids.
They might be:
Smaller
Less likely to start smoking
Less ...
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Does counting with fingers diminish the ability to work with numbers in the future for children?
There is a belief that says children who count with the aid of their fingers will be prone to having problems in math in the later years to come.
Is this belief true?
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Are children raised in single parent households more prone to sexual abuse?
This article in the Catholic Education Resource Center claims
In the United States, the media and opinion makers have finally come to recognize that unwed pregnancy is a major source of social ...
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Do children have “immature Immune Systems”?
In this answer, the responder claims:
children put their hands in their mouths (and eyes and noses, and on the ground, and everywhere else) more than adults do, they have immature immune systems
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Were children safer in the good old days?
Edited, as every site I found in my search last night gave me sites that all say the same thing:
The perception is that the world is a really dangerous place for children these days
But the ...
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Do “scare kids straight” programmes reduce criminal activity?
It seems obvious to many people that if the consequences of an activity are sufficiently scary people will naturally avoid the activity. If the consequences of criminal activity are frequent death, ...
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Is there a link between mercury poisoning and attention deficits in children?
From the campaign biography of Dr. Jill Stein, U.S. 2012 presidential candidate for the Green Party:
[Jill] played a key role in the effort to get the Massachusetts fish advisories updated to ...
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Is there any harm in forcing/re-educating a left-handed child to use their right hand?
Backstory:
Many of my relatives were subjected by their parents to a "training process" to "prevent" left-hand-dominance. This method started at a very young age and basically consisted of politely ...
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Does a child need a father and a mother? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there any scientific evidence regarding measurable adverse effects (if any) of child rearing by homosexual human couples?
Every time someone brings up same sex ...
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Can young children safely eat cooked mushrooms?
I'm told that young children (like, 1.5 years old) must not be allowed to eat mushrooms, even if they are sourced from a supermarket and properly cooked. The alleged reason is that they can't be ...
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Is allowing an infant to cry harmful to its development? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is sleep training a form of neglect or harmful?
One of the most popular schools of thought regarding modern parenting is that not immediately responding to an infant's ...
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Do children accidentally suffocate themselves with plastic bags?
My one year old daughter picked up a typical plastic supermarket grocery bag and I watched her with it briefly before taking it away, as it's common knowledge that kids aren't supposed to have plastic ...
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Are television programs designed for small children detrimental to their development?
I've heard that television (any program, including those designed for small children (Dora, recent Mickey Mouse, Bubble Guppies) is bad for the development of children, as it damages their ability to ...
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Do school uniforms improve student behavior?
Many of the advocates of school uniforms claim that uniforms for students in K-12 reduce behavior problems such as bullying.
What evidence exists to support or contradict these claims?
For example, ...
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Was SIDS unheard of before “modern vaccine schedules”?
Related: Paper correlating number of vaccines given with infant mortality rate for many countries?
The same paper in the related article above states (abstract HERE/full text HERE):
Prior to ...
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Is the number of childhood vaccines correlated with infant mortality?
Related
Just how inaccurate are vaccine myths?
Is it dangerous to have several vaccines at the same time?
I was passed along an article reporting that a new study found that despite having the ...
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Do Disney movies have “adult content” subliminally embedded in them?
It's long floated around my ears that Disney movies have "adult content" secretly/intentionally "embedded" in their various movies. I've heard examples from Lion King, Aladdin, and the Little Mermaid. ...
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How necessary is crawling for proper childhood development?
I thought about posting this at parenting.SE and might cross-link to it, but for now I see it as somewhat of a claim that's tossed around and in the same bucket as some others (like not standing too ...
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Do children who kill animals turn out to be violent?
It is widely claimed that children who injure or kill animals as children are more likely to exhibit violent behavior as adults, committing domestic violence or murder. A site dedicated to discussing ...
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Is there a negative correlation between parenthood and pet ownership?
That's what a friend of mime recently stated. I.e. if one owns a pet one is less likely to be parent and vice-versa.
Are there any data available to support such a claim? I'm sceptical, because there ...
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Is riding with strangers unsafe?
A commonly taught adage is to never accept a ride from a stranger. This applies mostly to children and goes hand in hand with warnings about accepting gifts from strangers.
Now, having grown older, I ...
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Is sleep training a form of neglect or harmful?
Some people claim that "crying it out" is harmful. For example, the article on PhD Parenting states that crying it out is harmful to a child. I've heard others suggest that it's neglectful. I expect ...
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Are there negative developmental effects for children given into early childcare?
Not long ago there was an intense debate in Germany over early childcare, with conservatives advocating incentives for mothers to stay at home and progressives advocating for improving early childcare ...
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Is the depiction of nudity or sex harmful to minors?
In other words, are the censorship & ratings of movies and other forms of art based on something more than nothing? ;) Or, in a broader sense, I am questioning the very widespread belief that kids ...
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When is praise for children harmful?
There seems to be a growing movement of people who thing that praise is bad for children, as for example on the Not School blog. The thesis seems to be:
A child who receives praise, rewards, and ...
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Playing music at night for babies/toddlers causes or contributes to ADD/ADHD
I've heard that playing music at night for babies and toddlers (i.e. children under 2 years old) can cause or contribute to Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD/ADHD) when they get older.
Is there any ...
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Does the “sugar high” exist at all?
I've heard numerous times that eating1 a high quantity of sugar will give you a "sugar high" or "sugar buzz"
The high one gets after consuming large amounts of sugar. Also called a "sugar rush." ...
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Is the fertility rate of women who work over 2 children anywhere in the world?
Does women working outside the home automatically drive below the replacement threshold?
In a developed country, to ensure at least the replacement of its population, the fertility rate needs to be ...
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Has anyone died from tampered candy at Halloween?
Year after year parents are bombarded with all of the risks of trick or treating. Razor blades in apples, poisoned candy, etc. Even the CDC warns against eating anything homemade or before a parent ...
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Vitamin supplements A, C and D for babies from 6 months to 2 years? [closed]
Local health visitors are recommending giving healthy children from 6 months to 24 months vitamin supplements for the vitamins A, C and D.
Those are apparently new guidelines.
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Is “Your Baby Can Read” effective and helpful?
I have seen these videos advertised online and on TV, and they make some pretty fantastic claims, showing kids as young as 2 reading complicated words. From what I can find online, it uses a ...
