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Pop Quiz, Hotshot: 1) Should a 1-year-old child be able to tell between right from wrong? 2) Should a 1-year-old child be ready to begin toilet-training? These questions were part of a survey given by researchers to 10,000 U.S. parents of 9 month olds. On the 11 item quiz, one-third of those asked couldn't...

Monica Grenfell is horrified. Why? Well, see, this year's Miss England contest has a fairly unique finalist: Chloe Marshall, a size 16 (about a size 14 in U.S. sizes.) Seventeen-year-old Marshall has been quite outspoken about wanting to be "an ambassador for curves" and demonstrate to...

A survey has concluded that men with QDS (Quickie Dickie Syndrome) are doing just fine, thank you. The "optimal" time for intercourse is -- wait for it -- between three and thirteen minutes . That's quite a range if you think about it, especially for parents. Three minutes, you can do your...

Want your kids to grow up with a brain in their head? The trick isn't to keep them away from TV or feed them all organic produce. Nope, the key to smart cookies is to avoid telling the kids that they are smart . Research has shown that praising children for innate qualities that they have little...

Coulrophobia, or the fear of clowns, is one of the most searched-for phobias on the internet right behind Lockiocoulrophobia, which is a fear of giving birth to a clown, Claustrocoulrophobia, which is a fear of being trapped in a confined place with a clown and Glossocoulrophobia, which is a fear of...

I always thought that alcoholism was a genetic thing, an unfortunate trait passed down along with the more benign ones of eye color and height. Having alcoholism in my family, I've been particularly sensitive to that knowledge, and it's something I've even begun to make my older son aware...

Leave it up to a country that has legalized the production, sale and use of marijuana to come out with a study showing that teens who toke up are just as likely to not only perform well in school, but to also develop an addiction to Cool Ranch Doritos and reruns of Matlock. Alright so perhaps the potato...

If post-partum depression got you – or somebody you care about – you know it's very, very real and nothing to mess around with. Researchers at Illinois State University are conducting a study that compares garden-variety depression and anxiety with postpartum depression. The study is in two parts...

Another study has fueled the ongoing debate between the warring factions of parents over the value of so-called enrichment videos on promoting language skills and fostering infant development. On one side of the divide there are the parents who subscribe to the pseudo-educational merits of make-your...

My 2-year-old woke up with a runny nose this morning and I instinctively went for the cold medicine. All gone. In a fit of responsible consumerism last month , I threw out the dregs of our cough and cold medicines, left over from intense use last winter. We’re not in crisis mode, but I do wonder what...