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(Image Source: mydevstaging.com) by Michela Tindera Of the estimated 6.3 million deaths of children under the age of five in 2013, complications from preterm births accounted for nearly 1.1 million deaths, according to new findings published in The Lancet by a research team coordinated by Robert Black, M.D., of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, together with World Health Organization and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine... >>Read More at parents.com

(Image Source: mydevstaging.com) by Michela Tindera A new spike in enterovirus D68 diagnoses is expected to crop up over the next few days, but this is one that parents shouldn’t worry about, the Associated Press reports... >>Read More at parents.com

(Image Source: mydevstaging.com) by Michela Tindera When it comes to potty training, sometimes earlier isn’t always better, new research shows . . . >>Read More at parents.com

(Image Source: mydevstaging.com) By Michela Tindera The research was run by the University of California Davis’ MIND Institute and involved a modified type of treatment that is already offered to older children diagnosed with autism that includes intensive sessions with therapists and family members designed to teach parents how to pick up on their children’s subtle social cues during daily activities. "It doesn’t prove that these children recovered from autism," Rogers told USA Today, because they were not technically old enough to be diagnosed with autism. But "it’s a promise of a potential treatment for young children who have these symptoms." >>Read More at parents.com

(Image Source: mydevstaging.com) By Michela Tindera New insight was gained recently into the brains of children with and without autism, according to a study published in the journal Neuron. Although there are many neurological variations, one major difference between the brains is that the number of synapses (the channels through which neurons send messages) were found to be more than 50 percent higher in children with autism, Reuters reported. >>Read More at parents.com

(Image Source: mydevstaging.com) By Michela Tindera The amount of screen time you allow your kids can be a point of tension in many households. A new study published in the journal Computers in Human Behavior shows that increased digital use may actually affect pre-teens’ ability to read and interpret people’s nonverbal emotional and social cues. >>Read More at parents.com

(Image Source: parenting.com) By Raul Jacobs Women are responsible for 60 percent of U.S. wealth, so don't just stand by and let your partner handle all your investments. Here's how to get involved. According to the Women's Philanthropy Institute, because women tend to live longer than men, they will be responsible for the majority of the estimated $41 trillion that will pass to the next generation in the next 50 years. Women control 60 percent of U.S. wealth and represent 40 percent of Americans with gross investable assets of more than $600,000. >>Read More at parenting.com

(Image Source: mydevstaging.com) By Holly Lebowitz Rossi Mothers who have specific fears and anxieties may inadvertently pass them along to their days-old newborns through an unlikely method–smell.  A new study published in the journal Proceedings National Academy of Sciences tested the role of smell in fear transfer by exposing  rats to mild shocks while they were in an environment scented with peppermint oil.  Later, the same rats gave birth, and the pups’ fear responses were tested, measuring the activity of the part of the brain called the amygdala, when they were exposed to the same scent.  The pups, the study found, showed a fear reaction at the mere whiff of peppermint. >>Read More at parents.com