Autism risk associated with parental age and with increasing difference in age between the parents Previous studies have repeatedly suggested that there may be an association between parental age and the autism risk of their child. A large-scale international study has now analysed this association in more detail and confirmed that having very young or Read more about Parental age is a risk factor for autism[…]
Here’s what’s driving the drop in teen parenting The teen birth rate has hit a new record low, according to federal data released on Wednesday June 17, 2015. Researchers from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics looked at birth certificates for the year 2014 from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. Read more about The Teen Birth Rate Is Now At an All-Time Low![…]
Parents often seem to have a blind spot when it comes to their children being overweight or obese, finds a new US study published in “Childhood Obesity”. Most parents seem to perceive their children as having normal weight – when, in fact, obesity among children is rising alarmingly. For the study, researchers at New York Read more about Parents often don’t notice that their children are obese![…]