Parents more physical with babies
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Modern parents believe they are more affectionate to their babies than previous generations.
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NEW YORK  - Parents can protect their children from harmful ultraviolet radiation by encouraging them to stay inside during midday, without increasing their odds of becoming overweight from reduced activity, a new study from Australia suggests.
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SAVANNAH, Ga., Sept. 21  /PRNewswire/ -- National surveys make it crystal clear. With demands on parents' time constantly increasing, it's more important than ever for parents to have meals with their children.
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For decades, doctors have operated on babies born with ambiguous genitalia. But there is a growing debate about the role physicians Â and parents Â should play in physically shaping children.
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Children are more likely to be visited by grandparents on their mother's side, researchers say.
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NEW YORK  - The proportion of babies born  weighing more than 4 kilograms (a little under 9 pounds) has  increased significantly over the past decade in Sweden, North  America, and Europe.
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NEW YORK  - Even young children can paint a  picture of their health and well-being, though it doesn't  always match parents' perceptions, research shows.
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Babies fathered by teenagers are more likely to be unhealthy at birth, suggests a study.
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More businesses are allowing parents to take their infants to the office. Is having a cooing baby in the cubicle next door too much of a workplace distraction?
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Researchers surveyed parents of 277 children and found only a quarter of them recognised when their offspring were overweight. Where children were obese, a third of mothers and 57% of fathers thought they
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A startling number of parents may be in denial about their youngsters' weight.
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No doubt, parenting has changed in the Internet Age, and a new study tries to reveal how mom and dad are dealing with it.
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MONDAY, Dec. 13 (HealthDayNews) -- Parents can stop fretting when their child sets an extra plate for an invisible friend, or shares a seemingly two-way conversation with a stuffed animal.
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NEW YORK  - The stress of having a child go through a life-threatening event may have long-term health consequences for parents, a new study suggests.
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U.S. parents are more worried about the amount of time their kids spend watching television or meeting friends on Internet social networks than about sex or alcohol abuse, according to a new study.
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Hand-holding couples may be protected from pain and stress, a study shows.
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Mothers who smoke during or after pregnancy increase their babies' risk of developing colic, those vexing, inconsolable crying spells that affect up to 20 percent of U.S. babies in their first few months of life, researchers say.