Shaking A Crying baby Can Cause Brain Damage

Posted : Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:13:37 GMT
Author : DPA
Category : Health






Cologne,Germany
- A crying baby should never be shaken as this can cause severe brain damage or even death, Germany's professional association for paediatricians said in Cologne. Parents should first leave the room or count to 10 and take a deep breath before acting hastily and doing something they later bitterly regret, the association advises. A paediatrician could recommend a nearby outpatient clinic that can make the interaction with a difficult infant easier.

About 100 infants in Germany annually suffer severe brain damage because they were shaken by caregivers who, in most cases, were overburdened. This figure was reported by the census unit for rare paediatric illnesses in Germany, but the paediatricians association estimates the number of babies in Germany that suffer trauma from shaking is higher.

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Teach Your Child Good Manners

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How can you teach your child good manners? Dr William Sears, dad of eight, parenting expert and co-author of The Good Behaviour Book, shares his tips

One day, as I was visiting a school, an eight-year-old girl accidentally stepped on my foot. Within a second she turned and said, “I’m sorry” as she looked me in the eye with a concerned expression on her face. What struck me about her response is that it happened so quickly. Politeness was such a natural part of her behaviour that she didn’t have to think before she acted. That’s a well-mannered child.


Kindness, politeness and respect are learned in the home. If taught when children are young, such qualities become a habit and part of the child’s personality. You wouldn’t put your 16-year-old in a car and let him drive without teaching him the rules of the road. Kindness, politeness and respect are the rules of the road in life, and teaching them helps ensure a safe and enjoyable journey for our children, as well as the people who they share the road with. Read More

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Violent Video Games ARE Linked to Child Aggression

Giant Enemy Crabby Kids

By Austin Modine
Posted in Applications, 3rd November 2008 23:47 GMT

Studies connecting video games with real world violence have historically been... conflicting. It's almost as if the human brain is complex and doesn't dictate behavior based entirely on one particular stimulus.

Or something.

The most recent finding out there leans towards a direct connection. But it also attempts to avoid the causation/correlation problem of whether violent video games make kids more aggressive, or if aggressive kids simply prefer violent games. {Read More....}

Article Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/03/video_games_linked_with_child_aggression_us_japan/

Baby Feeding: Masa Menyusui

Masa Menyusui adalah masa yang sangat sensitif bagi kaum wanita. Islam sebagai agama yang sempurna mengajarkan kepada wanita bagaimana menyusui anak yang baik, utamanya memperhatikan masa ideal menyusui. Sebab, bila wanita tidak menyusui anaknya, tanpa ada uzur yang dibenarkan, sesuai dengan batas waktu yang ditetapkan Islam, maka ia dianggap berbuat aniaya terhadap anaknya.

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Teens, young men way over limit on sugary drinks

By Susan Kelly and Alina Selyukh

CHICAGO/WASHINGTON | Wed Aug 31, 2011 7:30pm BST

CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About half of the population drinks a sugar-sweetened beverage on any given day, with teens and young men consuming way more than recommended limits for staying healthy, according to new government data.

The survey results from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show how far consumer habits must change to help fight the nation's obesity epidemic, with nearly two-thirds of Americans either overweight or obese.

More here: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/08/31/us-sugar-idUKTRE77U49A20110831

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Breastfeeding tied to kids' brainpower

(Reuters Health) - In a new study from the UK, kids who were breastfed as babies had higher scores on tests of vocabulary and reasoning at age five than those who weren't breastfed.

Breastfeeding seemed to make the biggest difference for babies who were born early and therefore had more catching up to do in their brain development.

SOURCE: bit.ly/pmHaGk The Journal of Pediatrics, online August 11, 2011.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/09/01/health-us-breastfeeding-brainpower-idUKTRE7805M820110901

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