items tagged with Children
Study finds childrearing much changed over past nine decades
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2009-11-18 10:03:11
Dr. Markella Rutherford conducted an analysis based on parenting articles from the 1920s to the mid-2000s. She found that children have more freedoms within the home, but less independence outside of it.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2009-11-18 10:03:11
Dr. Markella Rutherford conducted an analysis based on parenting articles from the 1920s to the mid-2000s. She found that children have more freedoms within the home, but less independence outside of it.
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Food allergies increase in U.S. children
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-11-17 08:59:06
According to analysis of four large national health surveys by two U.S. researchers of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly 4% of children in the United States have food allergies. And, that percentage is increasing rapidly; however, the reason is unclear.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-11-17 08:59:06
According to analysis of four large national health surveys by two U.S. researchers of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly 4% of children in the United States have food allergies. And, that percentage is increasing rapidly; however, the reason is unclear.
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Halloween is scary enough without dangerous face paints
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-10-28 08:10:40
According to the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, tests have revealed that some children’s face paints used at Halloween contain the metals lead, nickel, cobalt, and chromium. What is equally scary is the fact that these metals are often not listed on the product labels.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-10-28 08:10:40
According to the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, tests have revealed that some children’s face paints used at Halloween contain the metals lead, nickel, cobalt, and chromium. What is equally scary is the fact that these metals are often not listed on the product labels.
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Aussie kids spending more holiday time online
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Reports & Surveys
2009-10-08 01:46:00
Three out of four Australian children spend extra time online and using mobile phones during the school holidays, with almost half of them devoting an additional three hours or more each day on their mobile or surfing the Internet when they’re not at school.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Reports & Surveys
2009-10-08 01:46:00
Three out of four Australian children spend extra time online and using mobile phones during the school holidays, with almost half of them devoting an additional three hours or more each day on their mobile or surfing the Internet when they’re not at school.
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First study shows bad news for families and background TV
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-09-15 07:39:45
A University of Massachusetts study has shown what happens to the quality and quantity of interactions between parents and young children when the television is on in the background.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-09-15 07:39:45
A University of Massachusetts study has shown what happens to the quality and quantity of interactions between parents and young children when the television is on in the background.
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Baby sleep positions: Magazines versus Baby Doctors
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-08-17 07:53:35
A U.S. study by pediatricians concludes that over one-third of photographs in mainstream magazines, which show babies asleep, are depicting unsafe sleep positions according to doctors’ recommendations. Such pictures increase the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-08-17 07:53:35
A U.S. study by pediatricians concludes that over one-third of photographs in mainstream magazines, which show babies asleep, are depicting unsafe sleep positions according to doctors’ recommendations. Such pictures increase the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
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Best U.S. kids’ hospitals announced for 2009
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-06-20 10:15:35
Fifty-six medical centers were ranked in 2009 by the U.S. News Media Group's study, but only ten were ranked in all specialties.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-06-20 10:15:35
Fifty-six medical centers were ranked in 2009 by the U.S. News Media Group's study, but only ten were ranked in all specialties.
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Mobiles replace Teddy and Barbie for Aussie kids!
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Mobiles
2009-06-09 08:02:21
Forget generation Y, generation X, or any other generation for that matter, it’s generation M – that’s M for mobile – that has apparently jumped right into bed with the mobile phone craze at the early age of four to seven, with the help and consent of their parents.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Mobiles
2009-06-09 08:02:21
Forget generation Y, generation X, or any other generation for that matter, it’s generation M – that’s M for mobile – that has apparently jumped right into bed with the mobile phone craze at the early age of four to seven, with the help and consent of their parents.
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Telstra ups funding for foundation
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-09 05:58:45
Telstra’s showing its caring, philanthropic face during Australia’s national e-security awareness week with an announcement today that it is doubling funding to its Telstra Foundation for use in the spotlight on cyber safety program this year.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-09 05:58:45
Telstra’s showing its caring, philanthropic face during Australia’s national e-security awareness week with an announcement today that it is doubling funding to its Telstra Foundation for use in the spotlight on cyber safety program this year.
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The holistic approach to child online safety
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-05-20 06:39:01
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-05-20 06:39:01
Protecting Children in Cyberspace is the theme of this year's World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, but will it actually make our kids any safer online?
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Study emphasizes child dangers of tree houses
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-05-04 07:42:37
According to a U.S. study by Nationwide Children’s Hospital, playing in tree houses often leads to severe injuries to children, with about 2,800 emergency room visits per year in the United States.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-05-04 07:42:37
According to a U.S. study by Nationwide Children’s Hospital, playing in tree houses often leads to severe injuries to children, with about 2,800 emergency room visits per year in the United States.
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Online security for kids – free, for the moment!
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-28 06:13:59
Symantec has launched what it calls its new ‘family safety service’, offering Internet security software free-of-charge to parents wanting to protect their kids from online dangers including online predators and cyberbullies.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-28 06:13:59
Symantec has launched what it calls its new ‘family safety service’, offering Internet security software free-of-charge to parents wanting to protect their kids from online dangers including online predators and cyberbullies.
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Married couples less happy with children
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-04-12 07:58:00
As suspected by any person married with children, but until now not detailed in a long-term study, U.S. researchers find that children increase stress on marriages. In fact, dissatisfaction plummets within the first year of the first baby!
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-04-12 07:58:00
As suspected by any person married with children, but until now not detailed in a long-term study, U.S. researchers find that children increase stress on marriages. In fact, dissatisfaction plummets within the first year of the first baby!
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SmartyCard Learn-Earn-Play games offer tweens rewards
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2009-03-31 01:34:14
We all love free stuff, and we all like to see our children getting the best start in life possible. SmartyCard have stepped in to provide tweens the chance to earn points doing online education, and redeem those points for both virtual world and real world stuff. iTWire spoke to SmartyCard GM Chris Carvalho about how it worked.
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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2009-03-31 01:34:14
We all love free stuff, and we all like to see our children getting the best start in life possible. SmartyCard have stepped in to provide tweens the chance to earn points doing online education, and redeem those points for both virtual world and real world stuff. iTWire spoke to SmartyCard GM Chris Carvalho about how it worked.
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SAGE-AU: Ditch compulsory Net filter, ‘it’s a botch’!
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals & Wheels - Government
2009-03-25 08:17:27
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals & Wheels - Government
2009-03-25 08:17:27
There’s been a warning that publication of the Federal Government’s “black list” of pornographic and violent websites has fatally damaged its proposed compulsory Internet filtering regime.
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Got babies making hand gestures? That’s GOOD!
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2009-03-19 10:13:32
Based on a study conducted by U.S. researchers with 14-month-old children, the more hand gestures and signals that a child makes the better his or her vocabulary will be when they enter kindergarten.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2009-03-19 10:13:32
Based on a study conducted by U.S. researchers with 14-month-old children, the more hand gestures and signals that a child makes the better his or her vocabulary will be when they enter kindergarten.
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Study starts small to build peanut tolerance
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-03-16 08:05:24
According to U.S. researchers, if peanut-allergic children are introduced to peanuts very, very gradually some of them will eventually build up a tolerance to the peanut-buttery legume.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-03-16 08:05:24
According to U.S. researchers, if peanut-allergic children are introduced to peanuts very, very gradually some of them will eventually build up a tolerance to the peanut-buttery legume.
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Kit for kids, parents and teachers to combat cyberbullying launched by Aussie company
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals & Wheels - Contracts
2009-03-11 04:58:33
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals & Wheels - Contracts
2009-03-11 04:58:33
Schoolchildren, their parents and teachers are about to get a kit to help them combat the increasing problem of cyberbullying.
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Dear old dad, but not mom, may cause lower IQs
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2009-03-09 10:34:59
According to an Australian-led study, children of older fathers do not perform as well on intelligence tests as children of younger dads. However, these same children had higher scores on IQ tests when they had older aged mothers, when compared to younger ones.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2009-03-09 10:34:59
According to an Australian-led study, children of older fathers do not perform as well on intelligence tests as children of younger dads. However, these same children had higher scores on IQ tests when they had older aged mothers, when compared to younger ones.
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?4U: Does texting hurt ability to spell?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2009-03-05 09:27:00
British researchers studied pre-teenage children and found that they excelled in school reading and writing tests and spelling bees even though they spell "what" as "wot" in text messages.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2009-03-05 09:27:00
British researchers studied pre-teenage children and found that they excelled in school reading and writing tests and spelling bees even though they spell "what" as "wot" in text messages.
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