News Archive
Taking Play Seriously
Sunday 17. of February 2008By: New York Times
On a drizzly Tuesday night in late January, 200 people came out to hear a psychiatrist talk rhapsodically about play — not just the intense, joyous play of children, but play for all people, at all ages, at all times. (All...
For Crying Out Loud -- Pick Up Your Baby
Thursday 28. of February 2008By: Science Daily
Parents should listen to their instincts and pick up their newborn babies when they cry, Queensland University of Technology researcher Professor Karen Thorpe said.
Toddlers' Imitation Predicts Well-Developed Conscience
Thursday 28. of February 2008By: Science Daily
Maybe the old adage, "Do as I say, not as I do" got it wrong. A more accurate version would be, "Do as I do, and you will come to do as I say."
Lehigh Researchers Examine Link Between Abusive Child-Rearing, Overly Aggressive Behavior
Thursday 28. of February 2008By: Science Daily
Preschool children who receive severe physical discipline by their parents stand a good chance of engaging in overly aggressive behavior during their school years, Lehigh University researchers say in an article to be published...
Poverty Is Poison
Monday 18. of February 2008By: New York Times
“Poverty in early childhood poisons the brain.” That was the opening of an article in Saturday’s Financial Times, summarizing research presented last week at the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Sierra Leone: revenge and reconciliation
Saturday 01. of March 2008By: Le Monde Diplomatique
They were murderers, rapists, torturers, butchers and their victims in Sierra Leone’s civil war. Now – for the moment, since diamond-funded conflict and chaos could return at any time – they try to fight in less destructive ways...
India will pay families to have girls to end foeticide
Tuesday 04. of March 2008By: The Guardian
The Indian government yesterday announced a scheme to pay poor families to give birth to and bring up girl children, in a bid to stop the trend of parents aborting female foetuses at the rate of half a million a year.