Posts Tagged ‘Parenting’
More than four in five parents say their children use the Internet without adult supervision, but at the same time almost two-thirds are worried about online predators, a new survey has found.
The findings, released online Nov. 19 by the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health, show that parents have a variety of concerns about their children’s safety on the Internet.
The researchers found that 81 percent of parents surveyed said their children aged 9 to 17 use the Internet without being supervised by an adult. Almost half have profiles on social-networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook; the number grows to two-thirds among kids aged 13 to 17.
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by Kathleen Doheny
THURSDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) – Parents’ worry lists are typically long — and get longer when their children become teenagers. And high on many lists, it seems, ...
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by Kathleen Doheny
SUNDAY, Oct. 11 (HealthDay News) — It’s a trend that has health experts worried: Young kids are becoming increasingly oversized — leading, they fear, to overweight teens and, ...
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by – Diana Kohnle
(HealthDay News) — New parents frequently have concerns about an infant’s behavior, crying and fussiness. But how is a new parent to know what’s normal and when ...
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