Read more child development stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/11111/child-development.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:19:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73474/babies-cry-in-their-parents-language.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt’s apparently possible for a baby to cry in French. Within three days of birth, babies begin to pick up the accent of their parents, according to a study. Researchers analyzed 60 newborns—half French, half German—and discovered that soon the French babies took on a specific cry, with...http://www.newser.com/story/73474/babies-cry-in-their-parents-language.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 07 Nov 2009 5:04:07 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69518/tv-noise-hurts-parent-kid-bond.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHaving a television on reduces parent-child interaction and may hold back the development of young children—even if nobody's watching it, according to a new study. Researchers studied children ages 1 to 3 playing with their parents with and without an adult's show like Jeopardy playing in the background and...http://www.newser.com/story/69518/tv-noise-hurts-parent-kid-bond.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 16 Sep 2009 8:35:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65114/pollution-during-pregnancy-makes-kids-dumber-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSmog might be just as bad for your brain as it is for your lungs, a study finds. Researchers monitored the air pollution 249 mothers were exposed to during pregnancy, then monitored their children. They found that high pollution levels corresponded to a four-point drop in the kids’ IQ scores...http://www.newser.com/story/65114/pollution-during-pregnancy-makes-kids-dumber-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Jul 2009 10:45:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60794/tv-slows-babies-learning-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagInfants’ time in front of the tube can mean less interaction with parents—interaction key to language development, a study suggests. Over 2 years, researchers recorded what kids aged two months to 4 years heard and said in random 12- to 16-hour periods. The scientists found that every additional hour...http://www.newser.com/story/60794/tv-slows-babies-learning-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 02 Jun 2009 15:10:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32424/a-dads-quest-for-mind-expanding-music.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA father brings home his newborn and ponders the CD rack: How best to develop the baby's brain? Mozart? Bach? Toddler tunes? With the stakes so high, Jeremy Eichler takes his dilemma to the experts, he writes in the Boston Globe . One tells him that infants benefit from tricky rhythms,...http://www.newser.com/story/32424/a-dads-quest-for-mind-expanding-music.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 14 Jul 2008 20:20:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/27290/smaller-babies-become-hostile-adults-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew research has linked low birth weight and slow growth in childhood to increased levels of hostility in adults, Reuters reports. Researchers also discovered that the higher levels of aggression were linked to health trouble, including coronary problems, type 2 diabetes and earlier death. The levels of hostility appeared unconnected...http://www.newser.com/story/27290/smaller-babies-become-hostile-adults-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 May 2008 6:16:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/6896/obese-toddlers-too-many-calories-too-little-iron.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOverweight toddlers are more than twice as likely to have iron deficiencies as their skinnier counterparts, with Hispanics facing the highest risk, concludes a study in September’s Pediatrics , the first to link obesity with low iron levels. Researchers stressed the importance of weaning kids 1 to 3 years old off...http://www.newser.com/story/6896/obese-toddlers-too-many-calories-too-little-iron.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 04 Sep 2007 20:17:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/6669/school-bans-tag-on-playground.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen the new term starts next week at a Colorado elementary school, kids won't be chasing each other around the playground. Tag has been banned at Discovery Canyon Campus school, where it was deemed to generate too many injuries and complaints. “It causes a lot of conflict on the playground,...http://www.newser.com/story/6669/school-bans-tag-on-playground.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 30 Aug 2007 6:12:14 CDT