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This article looks at post surgery recovery, and discovers that getting good sleep before a planned surgery and parents’ attitude and anxiety about the surgery were both highly influential in the child’s post surgery pain.   http://www.foxnews.com/health/2015/01/02/lack-sleep-parents-anxiety-may-affect-kids-pain-after-surgery/

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Research has previously shown that kids with ADHD are more likely to sustain injuries that require a trip to the ER, likely due to impulsivity and poor concentration. However, new research out of the Centre for Safe Medication Practice and Research department of pharmacology and pharmacy in Hong Kong has found that Kids with ADHD are […]

Parents try to teach their children what to do. Directly, you instruct them on the rules and expectations of how they should behave. And indirectly, they watch you and learn from watching what you do, how you act, and how you manage situations. In fact, they often learn more from watching how you live your […]

A new study out of McGill University suggests that kids who are punished for lying are more likely to lie again, while kids who are given a moral reason for truth-telling tend to see the value in telling the truth. http://time.com/3628783/lying-punishment-kids-lie-more-study/