child development

11.10.09

Child's Play

New study suggests gambling addiction can be predicted as early as kindergarten
By Catherine Schwanke Posted 03.05.2009 at 3:49 pm 2 Comments

Parents of hyperactive kindergarteners, beware! According to researchers from the Université de Montréal in Canada, your inattentive five-year-old may be prone to develop a gambling addiction later in life. And when I say later in life, I mean your child might begin participating in recreational gambling as early as middle school.

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Are Environmental Factors to Blame for Autism?

Autism affects one in every 150 children born today in the U.S., a more than threefold increase from ten years ago. A variety of studies try to explain why
By the Editors of E - The Environmental Magazine Posted 07.11.2008 at 11:43 am 6 Comments

Dear EarthTalk: What's going on with all the cases of autism cropping up and no one seems to know why? It stands to reason it must be something (or some things) environmental, yet every study allegedly turns up no conclusion? What are the possible causes? -- Jessica W., Austin, TX

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