Is spanking good or bad for children? In a study published in the journal Pediatrics, researchers examined data from an earlier study in which mothers from 20 large, U.S. cities were interviewed when their children were 3 and 5 years old. Of the approximately 2,500 children, those spanked more than twice at age 3 were twice as likely to be highly aggressive at age 5. Even after accounting for variables such as baseline aggressiveness, psychological maltreatment, maternal depression and drug abuse, the risk remained high. Considering studies show 90% of parents are spankers, parents need time for time-outs too.

In the 21st century parental time-outs are increasingly being provided by smartphones. Smartphones entertain bored children. In November 2009 50% of the top 100-selling apps in the iTunes Apps Store were for preschool or elementary-aged children and the market continues to grow rapidly. According to a 2007 study, 93% of 6 to 9-year-olds had access to a cell phone in their home. Even apps that aren’t educational can teach these children hand-eye daily cialis coordination and comfort with technology. Obviously, comfort is learned quickly. The 2007 study also showed that more than 30% of 6 to 9-year-olds owned their own phone.

Toys also entertain bored children; but Santa Clara County, California was the first U.S. county to fight childhood obesity by restricting toys in children’s fast-food meals. In April 2010 the county supervisors voted 3-2 to allow toys only in children’s meals with less than 485 calories, less than 600 milligrams of sodium, less than 35% of total calories from fat and less than 10% from added sugar. Single food items could include a toy if they were less than 200 calories and had less than 400 milligrams of sodium. Hopefully, this restriction will stop fast-food restaurants from “toying” with children’s health.

When children become teenagers, exercise fights the effects of the “fatso gene”. FTO is an obesity-related gene when present in variant form. In a European study 752 teenagers had their blood tested for this gene variant cialis price and wore activity monitors for a week. When the teens predisposed to obesity exercised aerobically 1 hour daily, their waist measurements, body mass index and body fat averaged the same as teenagers with regular genes – and the results were the same for both sexes.

Sixty-three percent of the teens had 1 or 2 copies of this gene – and that’s not a “teeny” number.

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