Parenting

Children with pet dogs had fewer behavioral problems, got along better with their peers, and engaged more in prosocial behaviors such as sharing, helping, and comforting than children whose families didn't own dogs.

Most people's first memories are from around the age of 3. Memories earlier than this are more likely to be fictional.

Feeding premature infants breast milk instead of formula may improve their cardiovascular health as adults.

Teenagers in countries where it is illegal for parents to physically punish their children are less likely to have frequent physical fights.

Parenting

Low-income expectant mothers in the U.S. who receive Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) benefits have a lower risk of preterm birth and first-year infant mortality.

Parenting

For mothers and children, warm or responsive parenting styles and the tendency for a child to seek help from their mother are associated with better development of attention skills from age 2 to 4.5.

Parenting

Kids with higher levels of 'effortful control' (the ability to replace one emotional behavior with another) were better at suppressing negative reactions to unwanted gifts.

Teens who break their pledge to be sexually abstinent until marriage have a higher risk of non-marital pregnancy than those who never pledged in the first place.

Adolescents with type 1 diabetes were better at self-managing their condition when they checked their blood sugar levels at the same time as feeding a pet fish twice a day. This was especially effective for 10-13 year olds.

Moving houses during the first trimester of pregnancy was linked to an increased risk of low birth weight, premature birth, and undersized babies.