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  • May 2008

    • Fisher-Price Courts Far-Flung Fans

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  May 29, 08 2:30 PM CDT

      Fisher-Price Courts Far-Flung Fans

      Fisher-Price has tackled some unexpected challenges lately, from perfecting a recording of the phrase “It’s learning time!” in Mandarin to removing pig illustrations from Turkish kids’ books. In the past 5 years, Fisher-Price’s sales abroad have more than doubled while sales drop domestically—as traditional toys are replaced with high-tech gadgets—and the firm is re-prioritizing to serve its new audience, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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      China  • Brazil  • Poland  • toys  • emerging markets  • toddler

    • Depressed Dads Make Kids Less Literate

      newser  |  USA Today  |  May 7, 08 1:20 PM CDT

      Depressed Dads Make Kids Less Literate

      About 10% of new fathers show signs of clinical depression—a rate twice that of other men—and that can have a noticeable effect on their children, an American Psychiatric Association study finds. Sad dads interact less with their progeny, which means less bedtime reading and a smaller vocabulary by age 2, reports USA Today . More »

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      parenting  • depression  • reading  • infant  • toddler  • literacy  • fatherhood  • vocabulary

  • April 2008

    • Tyke Pulled From Lake Michigan Improving

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 20, 08 12:34 PM CDT

      Tyke Pulled From Lake Michigan Improving

      A toddler pulled from frigid Lake Michigan yesterday after being submerged for some 15 minutes was improving today, reports the Chicago Sun-Times . The boy's stroller was blown in as his grandfather was pushing him along a Chicago pier. The grandfather, who leaped in after him as he called for help, was in stable condition. "I hope he will be OK," said the boy's father. "We are praying." More »

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      children  • accident  • toddler  • Lake Michigan  • strollers

    • In Video, Teens Force Toddler to Smoke Pot

      newser  |  WCSH (Portland, Maine)  |  Apr 16, 08 12:11 PM CDT

      In Video, Teens Force Toddler to Smoke Pot

      Two Ohio teens have been arrested after police acquired a video in which they forced a toddler to smoke pot, NBC reports. The video, in which the smoking babysitters pass the pipe to the 18-month-old, was recovered after it was left inside a camcorder sold to a pawnshop. The teens face charges of child endangerment and distributing narcotics to a minor. More »

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      drugs  • Ohio  • smoking  • marijuana  • toddler  • recreational drugs

    • Baby Zzzs Linked to Obesity

      newser  |  Boston Globe  |  Apr 8, 08 7:56 AM CDT

      Baby Zzzs Linked to Obesity

      Babies who get less than 12 hours of shut-eye a day double their risk of being overweight by the time they're 3 years old, a new study finds. The risk is even higher for little ones who watch two hours of TV a day, the Daily Telegraph reports. If habits aren't changed, more than 25% of all children are expected to be obese by 2050, experts warn. More »

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      children  • obesity  • parenting  • childhood obesity  • babies  • sleep  • sleep deprivation  • sleep disorder  • toddler  • television watching  • medical studies

  • March 2008

    • Memphis Kids Survived Horrific Attack

      newser  |  Commercial Appeal (Memphis)  |  Mar 7, 08 2:36 PM CST

      Memphis Kids Survived Horrific Attack

      Details emerging from the killing of four adults and two children in Memphis reveal a brutal attack during which the victims—including at least two of the three children who survived—were tortured, the Commercial Appeal reports. Police have uncovered no suspects or motive, and the governor has raised the reward for information in the case to $80,000. More »

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      children  • toddler  • Memphis killings  • Phil Bredesen  • Cecil Dotson

  • February 2008

    • Stop Temper Tantrums Like a Caveman

      newser  |  LiveScience  |  Feb 22, 08 12:28 PM CST

      Stop Temper Tantrums Like a Caveman

      When your kid has a temper tantrum, they’re a lot like a Neanderthal, reports LiveScience. Two-year-olds are still driven by instinct and emotion, explains one pediatrician, not the higher reasoning of mature adults. So don’t try to logic away a tantrum (“But honey you already have that action figure”), engage them with simple caveman sentences such as, “You are angry.” More »

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      parenting  • evolution  • toddler  • emotion  • Neanderthals  • temper tantrums

  • August 2007

    • Toddlers Learn Language Slowly and Quickly

      newser  |  Scientific American  |  Aug 3, 07 4:57 PM CDT

      Toddlers Learn Language Slowly and Quickly

      Toddlers learn to speak by simply using small, familiar words to acquire harder ones, new research says, throwing a curveball at scientists who assumed a more complex cognitive system. Youngsters can rapidly go from spouting babble to intelligible chatter as long as their words have varying levels of difficulty, Scientific American reports. More »

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      children  • language  • toddler  • learning  • cognitive science  • vocabulary

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