Gender non-conformity increases kids’ risk of abuse
Children whose activity choices, interests and pretend play don’t conform to expected gender roles face an increased risk of abuse and future trauma, a new study finds. One in 10 kids display gender non-conformity before age 11 and, on average, are more likely to experience physical, psychological and sexual abuse and experience post-traumatic stress disorder …
How child abuse primes the brain for future mental illness
A brain scan study pinpoints the changes associated with child abuse that may raise people’s risk of depression, PTSD and addictions later in life. http://healthland.time.com/2012/02/15/how-child-abuse-primes-the-brain-for-future-mental-illness/
The power of love: Nurturing children has benefits for brain, general well-being
Indeed, the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published a study last month by researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis who used magnetic resonance imaging to show that a specific region of a preschooler’s brain physically grew when a parent was more supportive and nurturing. The longitudinal study …
Mom Who Forced Son to Walk Alongside Car: ‘I Was Already Late for Work’
A Utah mother, who allegedly forced her son to walk alongside a moving car she was driving after he had missed his school bus, has been charged with child abuse and reckless driving. Stacie Johnson, 37, reportedly was angry that her 9-year-old son had missed the bus to school one too many times, and was …
Spanking kids can cause long-term harm
TORONTO (Reuters) – Spanking children can cause long-term developmental damage and may even lower a child’s IQ, according to a new Canadian analysis that seeks to shift the ethical debate over corporal punishment into the medical sphere. http://health.yahoo.net/news/s/nm/spanking-kids-can-cause-long-term-harm-canada-study#.TzgutATawII.gmail