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Infants to Adolescents: Research Update Editors: Beverly J. Roder, Ph.D. & Mabel L. Sgan, Ph.D. |
| Volume 4 Number 2 March, 2003 |
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Catching Up For many premature babies, early cognitive deficits diminish over the first 8 years of life What's on TV? Should we worry about what 10- and 12-month olds see on TV? Double Meanings Children may produce compound words before they fully comprehend them (3 - 4 years) Talking Baby Talk Listening to 4-year-olds talking to babies vs. talking to adults (4 years) Doggy "Don'ts" Educating children about dog safety is both important and fairly easy to do (4 - 6 years) Backpacks and Body Aches Most injuries caused by backpacks don't involve the back (school-aged children) Stepparents Keeping Tab A comparison of how closely parents and stepparents monitor their children (5 - 8 years) Science Talk When it comes to science, parents have different expectations about sons and daughters. (11 - 13 years) Deeper than Skin? Are body piercings and tattoos linked to other risky behaviors? (teens) Being Alive Profiling teens who are interested in life and teens who are bored (6th - 12th graders) QUICK TAKES BEDSHARING is becoming increasingly common in the U.S. SPEECH DELAY and associated risk factors CHILDREN OF DIVORCE are unusually likely to choose mates with similar family histories |
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