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Even a mild, symptom-free case of thyroid deficiency in a pregnant woman can affect her child’s IQ scores years later, results of a study suggest. Children aged 7 to 9 who had mothers with untreated hypothyroidism in pregnancy had IQ scores about 7 points lower than youngsters of women without such a deficiency, according to [...]
Most parents think that parenting only starts after baby is born, but current research is proving otherwise. From the moment you learn that you are pregnant, you can start to stimulate and communicate with your baby. Think of the womb as your child’s first world, so whatever he experiences in the womb will shape his [...]
All parents with a newborn should demonstrate to their baby simple sign language at the same time while talking to them. Two or three commonly used concepts like “drink”, “eat” and “more” are easy to teach and do. Why is baby sign language important? It is the easiest way for an infant and a parent [...]
What do babies know, and what are they capable of learning? These questions have always fascinated parents, and now there are some important new answers. Scientists are discovering that newborns – once thought to enter the world as blank slates onto which a lifetime of experiences was inscribed – have brains as sophisticated as the [...]
Several issues arise when you are trying to manage children who have very high IQs. Supporting their needs and requirements within the ambience of your home can be challenging. However, most of these children with higher IQs face innumerable problems in their classrooms where they find learning process difficult. Matching classroom performance with their innate [...]
Some children possess very high IQ and are intelligent with several naturally endowed gifts. A majority of them spend most of their day inside a formal classroom. However, most of the children with very high and good IQ values usually find set of instructions provided by teachers in the classroom inadequate and insufficient. In [...]
Raising IQ in your children involves a series of activities that focus specially on developing the mental faculties as well as physical abilities. Enhancing IQ is also a dedicated activity that needs plenty of patience, will power and knowledge from parents. Here are some simple techniques and methods that are known to raise IQ [...]
Many of us will do whatever we can to assist our children reach success both in the school and future life. Parents try hard to make their children smart and talented by sending them to best school and by creating highly conducive environment for emotional and physical growth. But, in spite of putting hard effort, [...]
All parents simply love to have children, who are extremely smart and intelligent with an ability to perform better in their personal and professional life. Till recently, we believed that there is not much that we can do to help our children develop their brains. Most of us were under a wrong impression that [...]
All babies are born with their rudimentary brains ready to adapt to the ever changing external stimulus and internal needs of the body. An infant’s brain is a complex organ that is designed to perform a series of highly complicated and difficult functions. A typical baby brain grows at a lightening pace to build [...]