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1. New Baby Leaves Many Parents Clueless
   

   May 5, 2008 -- If little babies could talk, their first words might not be terms of endearment, but rather something more like "Mommy, get a clue!" Couples are bombarded with information about what to expect when expecting, but new research presented Sunday at the Pediatric Academic Societies meetin

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2. Parents May Make Child Sleep Woes Worse
   

   April 7, 2008 -- Parents will often try anything when their young children have sleep problems, but some responses could lead to more sleep issues later on, new research suggests. Early sleep problems were highly predictive of future sleep problems in the newly published study. They were more predic

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3. TV in Teens' Bedrooms May Spell Trouble
   

   April 7, 2008 -- Having a TV in the bedroom may go hand-in-hand with some risky traits for teens. That's according to a new study of 781 adolescents in 31 Minnesota junior and senior high schools. Nearly two-thirds of the students -- 62% -- had a TV in their bedroom, according to surveys the student

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4. Tweens Favor Inhalants to Get High
   

   March 13, 2008 -- A newly released federal government report points to an alarming trend -- that preteens and young teens who use drugs chose inhalants as a "gateway" drug to other illicit drugs. The findings released at the National Inhalant Prevention Coalition's latest news conference reveal that

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5. Watching TV a Kid Gig?
   

   March 12, 2008 -- Some teens spend as much time using a computer or watching TV and videos as it takes to work a full-time job. That news comes from a Canadian study of nearly 1,300 teens in Montreal. The teens completed four surveys a year for five years, starting in 1999, when they were in seventh

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6. Sex Ed for Your Kids: One Talk Won’t Do
   

   March 3, 2008 -- Ideally, that "facts of life" talk you have with your children should be a series of sex ed discussions that cover a range of topics, rather than one long talk, according to a new study. "Because of discomfort with the topic, there is that hope that it can be taken care of with a si

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7. Tooth Fairy Takes Inflation Hit
   

   Feb. 22, 2008 -- Even the tooth fairy feels inflation's bite. The price per baby tooth is 22% steeper today than it was a year ago. That's according to a new tooth fairy poll from Securian Dental, which runs dental plans. The poll, which included 647 parents, shows that the tooth fairy pays $2.09 pe

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8. Empty Nest Not So Bad?
   

   Feb. 22, 2008 -- When firstborn kids grow up and leave home, it's an adjustment for parents, but that shift can rewarding, not the bleak "empty nest syndrome" some may expect. That's according to a new study of parents whose eldest child had recently left home as a young adult. The study included 14

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9. Firstborns Get More Quality Parent Time
   

   Feb. 19, 2008 -- Firstborn children spend about 3,000 more hours of quality time with their parents during childhood than the next-oldest child, new research suggests. The study found that in two-child households, the elder children typically got between 20 and 30 minutes more quality time with each

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10. Good Parenting Ups Kids' Mental Skills
    

    Feb. 15, 2008 (Boston) -- Growing up poor has insidious effects on kids' mental abilities, beginning when they are very young. But there is new evidence that parents living in poverty can improve their children's chances for a better life by changing how they relate to them at home.  Researchers at

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