Infants to Adolescents: Research Update
Editors: Beverly J. Roder, Ph.D. & Mabel L. Sgan, Ph.D.

Volume 6     Number 2     April, 2005
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Ultrasound Pictures of Babies in Utero May Be Telling Us More than We Thought  (prenatal to 12 years)

There's Something about Mother's Milk
Bottle-Fed Babies Prefer an Unfamiliar Mother's Milk to their Own Formula  (4 days)

Reading to Baby
At What Age Does Reading to Babies Boost Language Development?  (4 - 16 months)

Girls Are Less Likely to Hit and Run
Girls and Boys Respond Differently to Threat   (18 months)

Getting a Handle on It
An Exploration of Children's Drawing  (4 - 6 years)

Two-Parent Families Are Not All the Same
Children from Blended Families May Have Poor Educational Outcomes  (childhood to young adulthood)

Boy Toys
Do Parents Encourage Children to Choose Gender-Typed Toys?   (3 - 10 years)

Perfect, but Depressed
Overcontrol by Moms May Foster Perfectionism in Children   (7 - 10 years)

"Watch What I Say"
Saying One Thing with the Mouth and Another with the Hands Pays Off when Teaching Math  (3rd & 4th grade)

Social Anxiety
Socially Anxious Children May Not Need to Improve their Social Skills  (10 - 12 years)

Three Smoking Studies
Racial Differences, Effects on Thinking, and Parental Role Models for Quitting  (6 years - adulthood)

Reaching for the High Bar
Might Early Gymnastic Training Interfere with Normal Patterns of Growth?  (6 - 18 years)

Pain Takes a Toll
Children May Be Hurting More than We Realize  (6 - 18 years)

When the Brain Sees Red
Emotional Stimuli May Suppress Brain Activity in Youngsters with Conduct Disorder   (9 - 15 years)

Obesity and Emotional Health
Obese Adolescents Aren't Always at Risk for Depression and Low Self-Esteem  (12 - 20 years)


QUICK TAKES

AMONG CHILDREN BORN TO HIV-INFECTED WOMEN, girls are more likely to be infected than boys

OPPORTUNITIES TO BE PRODUCTIVE seem to make infants and toddlers more cooperative in school

MOMS AREN'T THE ONLY ONES who need to be involved in their children's education

CAREER CHOICES are often influenced by chance




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