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Study: Kids Will Eat More Veggies If They Drink Water Instead of Soda Shutterstock

Study: Kids Will Eat More Veggies If They Drink Water Instead of Soda

New research on food-beverage pairings highlights yet another reason parents should encourage their kids to choose water over soda.

Study: In Teen Books, Foul-Mouthed Characters Are Rich, Cool, and Hot Paramount

Study: In Teen Books, Foul-Mouthed Characters Are Rich, Cool, and Hot

New research shows that, just like in the movies, characters who swear in adolescent literature are presented with more positive attributes.

Study of the Day: Maybe Parents Actually Are Happier Than Non-Parents Shutterstock

Study of the Day: Maybe Parents Actually Are Happier Than Non-Parents

New research in Psychological Science suggests that mothers and fathers experience greater levels of joy and derive more meaning from life.

Study: Want Your Baby to Smile More? Make Music Together Shutterstock

Study: Want Your Baby to Smile More? Make Music Together

New research shows that interactive parent-infant music classes improve the social and cognitive development of six-month-olds.

A Short History of Motherhood Offers Simple Advice: Trust Your Instincts efleming/Flickr

A Short History of Motherhood Offers Simple Advice: Trust Your Instincts

A review of the advice that mothers have been given over the decades concludes that no one's exactly sure what they should do.

Study of the Day: Smaller Families May Lead to Smarter Children Shutterstock

Study of the Day: Smaller Families May Lead to Smarter Children

A new longitudinal study in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin shows that family size, not birth order, matters for intelligence.

How to Help Your Children Maintain a Healthy Weight mikebaird/flickr

How to Help Your Children Maintain a Healthy Weight

At a time when kids are maturing emotionally and physically, it's important to set up good nutrition habits for the future.

Does Sunscreen Really Inhibit Mental Development? flickingerbrad/flickr

Does Sunscreen Really Inhibit Mental Development?

A new study shows exposure to sunlight has little effect on children's academic performance, but the results raise even more questions.

Study of the Day: Gender Gap in College Leads Women to Prioritize Work Shutterstock

Study of the Day: Gender Gap in College Leads Women to Prioritize Work

New research suggests that women's perceptions of the mating market, not their job opportunities, may be driving their career ambitions.

Rethinking (Instead of Eliminating) Recess at Low-Income Schools Shutterstock

Rethinking (Instead of Eliminating) Recess at Low-Income Schools

Play time is healthy. So why do adults want to get rid of it?

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