27 JUL 2011 The Biological Big Bang
What it's like for a scientist to watch the developing brain of a baby.
Folksonomies: science,wonder,brain

27 JUL 2011 Science Takes No Sides--and No Prisoners
A good summary of what research to take seriously.
Folksonomies: scientific method,peer review

27 JUL 2011 Parenting Research is Associative, Not Causal
It is dramatically unpractical to test causal relationships between parenting practices and cognitive development in children.
Folksonomies: scientific method,experimentation

27 JUL 2011 It Takes Nature and Nurture
Raising children is like raising a plant, it takes a seed (nature) and soil (nurture).
Folksonomies: nature vs nurture

27 JUL 2011 Morning Sickness as an Evolutionary Strategy
The nausea encourages women to pursue a bland diet.
Folksonomies: evolution,pregnancy,evolutionary strategy,adaptation

27 JUL 2011 No Commercial Product is Shown to Improve Baby Cognitive Development
There is no research supporting any product doing anything.
Folksonomies: evidence-based medicine,child development

27 JUL 2011 The Wonder of the Fertilized Egg
The process will produce a human brain from a single cell.
Folksonomies: wonder,fetal development

27 JUL 2011 The Development of the Human Brain
A fascinating description of a process that begins before birth and continues into our 20s.
Folksonomies: evolution,wonder,fetal development

27 JUL 2011 The Paleo Diet
Look to our ancestors for best practices for diet.
Folksonomies: evolution,diet

28 JUL 2011 Three Characteristics of Stress to Avoid in Pregnancy
Frequency, severity, and individual temperaments determine how much stress a person can experience while pregnant and have it affect the health of their baby.
Folksonomies: pregnancy,fetal development,stress

28 JUL 2011 How the Adverse Affects of Stress Were Discovered
A clumsy researcher stressed out his lab rats, causing infections and loss of sleep.
Folksonomies: history,science,experimentation,stress,experiment

28 JUL 2011 Benefits of Exercise for Pregnancy
Women who are fit have a shorter second stage labor compared to women who are obese, resulting in less stress and oxygen deprivation for the infant.
Folksonomies: pregnancy,exercise

28 JUL 2011 Most Marriages Degrade After a Child is Born
But recognizing the characteristics that cause stress in the relationship can help things.
Folksonomies: parenting,marriage,stress

28 JUL 2011 Reconcile in Front of Your Children
Fighting in front of your children isn't as bad as not making up in front of them
Folksonomies: parenting,child development,stress

28 JUL 2011 The Four Reasons Parents Fight
Three things to keep an eye on for new parents as their stress levels and social dynamics change.
Folksonomies: parenting,marriage,stress

28 JUL 2011 The Importance of the Tribe in Parenting
Our ancestors were social animals, and, with a high-fatality rate for pregnancies, we relied heavily on our relatives to raise our offspring.
Folksonomies: evolution,parenting,birth,socialization

28 JUL 2011 The Disparity Between Mothers and Fathers in Raising Children
If a Mother were paid for the hours she put into childcare, she would make a six-figure salary.
Folksonomies: parenting,equality,gender equality

28 JUL 2011 IQ is Malleable
A poor child adopted into a middle-class family will gain 12 to 18 IQ points.
Folksonomies: intelligence,iq,elasticty

28 JUL 2011 Five Ingredients for Human Intelligence
Things to keep in mind when stimulating your child's intellect.
Folksonomies: parenting,intelligence,child development,cognitive improvement

28 JUL 2011 Children are Scientists
They explore, test hypotheses, and record everything in memory to understand the world.
Folksonomies: science,wonder,children,intelligence,scientist,experience

28 JUL 2011 Children With Self-Control Do Better in Life
Children who can resist eating a cookie long enough to be rewarded with a second one have much higher SAT scores.
Folksonomies: virtues,parenting,child rearing,self control

28 JUL 2011 Sign Language May Boost Cognition in Children by 50 Percent
Children who learned the form of communication in the first grade performed 50 percent better on a series of cognitive tests.
Folksonomies: parenting,child development

28 JUL 2011 Characteristics of Visionaries
Experimentation, inquisitiveness, and the ability to draw associations are the cognitive traits of an innovative mind.
Folksonomies: virtues,virtue,exploration,creativity,innovation

28 JUL 2011 The Baby's Brain is Interested in Surviving
This is an important thing to remember when trying to teach children: first provide them a safe environment.
Folksonomies: evolution,parenting,learning,child development

28 JUL 2011 Talk to Your Babies
2,100 words per hour in a variety of words. Babies are listening.
Folksonomies: parenting,babies,child development

28 JUL 2011 Benefits of Open-Ended Playtime
Lots of boosts to a child's creativity and cognition when they are allowed free playtime.
Folksonomies: parenting,play,child development

28 JUL 2011 Imaginative Play with Rules
Adding rules to imaginative play gives children better self-control.
Folksonomies: parenting,play,child development

31 JUL 2011 Do Not Praise Your Children's Intelligence
Praise them for working hard because they can control that.
Folksonomies: parenting,child rearing,intelligence

31 JUL 2011 An Hour of TV a Day Equals a 10 Percent Increase in Attention Probl...
Even second-hand television, just having it on the the room, causes problems; therefore, the APA recommends no Television for children for two years.
Folksonomies: parenting,child rearing,child development,television

31 JUL 2011 Recommendations for Exposing Children to Television
No television before age two, and when television is introduced, limit consumption and use watching television as a chance for interaction to have the child think critically about what they are seeing.
Folksonomies: parenting,critical thinking,child rearing,television

31 JUL 2011 Exercise with your Children
Exercise is so important for improved cognitive function.
Folksonomies: parenting,child rearing,exercise,obesity

31 JUL 2011 Friendships are the Best Predictor of Happiness
Having strong social bonds and the opportunities for altruistic acts are a strong predictor of lifelong fulfillment.
Folksonomies: friendships,social bonds,altruism

31 JUL 2011 The Four Kinds of Parents
Combinations of Responsive and Demanding behaviors in parents, with Responsive and Demanding parents being the best.
Folksonomies: parenting,parenting styles

31 JUL 2011 Parents Who Know Their Child's Emotions have Power Over Them, Pract...
Parents who pay attention to their children's emotional states can recognize the inner workings of their children and respond to them more effectively. Teach your children the names of the emotions they are experiencing to give them control over them.
Folksonomies: parenting,children,emotions,emotional maturity

31 JUL 2011 Music Lessons Teach Children Emotional Nuance
Children who begin music lessons before the age of seven have a greater ability to detect emotional nuance than children who do not.
Folksonomies: parenting,emotions,emotional maturity

31 JUL 2011 The Stages of Moral Development
Three stages of moral development, of which the third many people never reach.
Folksonomies: development,ethics,morality

31 JUL 2011 Don't Spank Your Children
Enough studies confirm the detrimental effects of this practice that it shouldn't even controversial, but it is.
Folksonomies: parenting,child rearing,spanking,abuse,aggression

31 JUL 2011 Parenting is Receiving as Well as Giving
We give and give and give to our children, but in return we get to experience the wonder of watching a life develop.
Folksonomies: wonder,parenting,child rearing

31 JUL 2011 Join a Community as Parents
Includes a great idea for cooking 50 meals for parents of a new baby.
Folksonomies: community,parenting,child rearing,support network

31 JUL 2011 A Strategy for Allowing Children Access to Digital Media
Categorize media into constructive and fun and allow the children to earn "fun digital" time money they can spend on games or other activities.
Folksonomies: parenting,child rearing,video games,digital media

31 JUL 2011 Verbalize Empathy
Speculate aloud on the the motivations and perspectives of other people in front of your children to give them empathy.
Folksonomies: parenting,child rearing,empathy

31 JUL 2011 Guide Your Child to a $50k a Year Career
This is the median income of happy people, higher incomes than this do not come with significant increases in happiness.
Folksonomies: parenting,child rearing,happiness

31 JUL 2011 The FIRST Principle for Effective Punishment
Firm Immediate Reliable Safe Tolerant punishment is best for children, when there is not opportunity to praise good behavior.
Folksonomies: parenting,child rearing,punishment

27 JUL 2011 Preschool Social Programs Demonstrate the Importance of a Child's E...
Programs like Head Start have a lifetime's worth of positive benefits for the children enrolled in them.
Folksonomies: parenting,cognition,child development,preschool

28 JUL 2011 The Affect of a Nurturing Environment on Babies
Babies that have their needs met grow up to be regular children, babies that are neglected, even in just the first four months, grow up to be gang members.
Folksonomies: parenting,attachment parenting,child development

27 JUL 2011 Why the Brain Takes So Much Time and Effort
Babies must be born before they are ready to prevent killing the mother, thus parenting became an evolutionary strategy in humans.
Folksonomies: evolution,pregnancy,intelligence,adaptation

31 JUL 2011 Activities With Children
Some activities the author engages with his children to teach them self-control.
Folksonomies: games,parenting,child-rearing,activities