A firsthand breastfeeding lesson that may spare new parents a common early surprise.
A focused safety question about setting appropriate boundaries for dogs around a 2-year-old.
Tackles the practical shift from responding to infant cries to handling toddler tantrums and screams.
A concrete school-age feeding concern: an 8-year-old who consistently skips breakfast.
A parent seeks perspective on a middle-schooler regularly eating lunch alone.
An up-to-date discussion of whether and how families are arranging kids’ playdates.
A Swedish study of 3.7 million people links congenital TORCH infections with roughly tripled later autism risk and higher intellectual-disability risk.
A major Swedish study of 3.7 million people has found that rare TORCH infections passed from a pregnant woman to the fetus are linked to much higher risks of autism and intellectual disability later in life. Children with a congenital TORCH infection were about three times more likely to be diagnosed with autism, more than seven times more likely to have an intellectual disability, and up to 30 times more likely to have severe to profound intellectual disability.
A parent’s firsthand account of an adult child moving home after university, framed as a positive family “boomerang year.”
Back from university | Nick Clegg’s windfall | Ties at school | Daniel Thomas | Monty Don | Weather forecast Gaby Hinsliff talks about students boomeranging as a negative ( Think it’s time for gen Z to ‘grow up’? You’re even more out of touch than the British state, 18 September ). Our daughter came back to live with us after four years of university while she collected her thoughts and planned her next steps. This boomerang year was a rewarding experience that we all welcomed and wouldn’t have…
A large study tracking more than 95,000 people suggests that how you sleep may be linked to your risk of developing dozens of diseases. People who spent more time in REM sleep had lower risks of 83 conditions, including dementia, heart failure, and Parkinson’s disease, while more deep sleep was associated with lower risks of conditions such as type 2 diabetes and major depression.
A large study tracking more than 95,000 people suggests that how you sleep may be linked to your risk of developing dozens of diseases. People who spent more time in REM sleep had lower risks of 83 conditions, including dementia, heart failure, and Parkinson’s disease, while more deep sleep was associated with lower risks of conditions such as type 2 diabetes and major depression.
A major Swedish study of 3.7 million people has found that rare TORCH infections passed from a pregnant woman to the fetus are linked to much higher risks of autism and intellectual disability later in life. Children with a congenital TORCH infection were about three times more likely to be diagnosed with autism, more than seven times more likely to have an intellectual disability, and up to 30 times more likely to have severe to profound intellectual disability.