Carolyn Moynihan
Video game addiction among kids is real, a study suggestsCarolyn Moynihan | 28 Apr 2009When does a 12-year-old’s fascination with video games become an addiction? Perhaps it never does, but only looks like that to over-anxious parents. Psychologist Douglas Gentile was inclined to take that view before conducting research on the subject. It turned out he was wrong.In an obese world, children obsessed with thinnessCarolyn Moynihan | 27 Apr 2009A new acronym to add to the growing list of childhood disorders: EOED, which stands for “early onset eating disorder” and generally refers to anorexia among pre-adolescent children. Australian research shows that the condition, commonly linked to teenage girls, is showing up more and more among girls and boys aged 10 to 12, and even younger.Hillary Clinton clarifies what 'reproductive health' includesCarolyn Moynihan | 23 Apr 2009Just like “family planning”, “reproductive health” is an innocent sounding term fraught with (deliberate) ambiguity. The things it includes tend to be in the fine print of NGO and UN documents where “maternal mortality” and “unsafe abortion” are juxtaposed to imply a need to legalise abortion. Those who do not see abortion as a health or family planning measure are left to ask the hard questions about the meaning of draft UN documents and the like. Does “reproductive health/services/rights” include abortion, or doesn’t it?The right to name a childCarolyn Moynihan | 22 Apr 2009As if there weren’t enough rules about parenthood in one-child China, the government there is bent on curbing the possibilities for naming a child. A young woman whose grandfather went to some trouble to find her a unique, or at least uncommon given name -- a rare character pronounced “Cheng” -- has been told by officialdom that her name is “troublesome and problematic” and that she will have to change it...Impulsive in kindergarten, prone to gambling laterCarolyn Moynihan | 20 Apr 2009The importance of fostering self-control in young children.That’s Rich: an expert explains why parents don’t matter muchCarolyn Moynihan | 18 Apr 2009And why teachers do.Car seat belts and AIDS in AfricaCarolyn Moynihan | 15 Apr 2009What have those two things got to do with each other?All over RoverCarolyn Moynihan | 15 Apr 2009Forget humans; here’s a new way to bond with your pooch.Does Obama’s education reform include parent choice?Carolyn Moynihan | 10 Apr 2009Not according to current indications.Breakdown Britain’s ‘little monsters’Carolyn Moynihan | 8 Apr 2009Two children have nearly killed two others in a random attack and robbery in England.subscribe donate
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