Browsing Tag: Pregnancy

Fetuses sense mom’s mental state: Cal-Irvine study

As a fetus grows, it’s constantly getting messages from its mother. It’s not just hearing her heartbeat and whatever music she might play to her belly; it also gets chemical signals through the placenta. A new study, which will be published in Psychological Science, finds that this includes signals about the mother’s mental state.
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Never too soon: Means to reduce violence may begin in utero

It’s hard to think of a baby being violent or destructive, but the seeds of violence may be planted before a child is born, according to research at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Attention to health factors as early as the prenatal stage could prevent violence in later life...
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THE 120 DAYS OF CHILDREN’S SOULS

My parents had always told me that the souls of children and parents choose one another, and I believed that such a profound experience had just occurred. For years I was left to wonder when she would come. Who would her father be?
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Rescue Me ~ From “Save the Girl Child” Sloganeering to Reality

But so long as the choice is between abuse and honor; ridicule and prestige; vulnerability and security; people will choose honor, prestige, and security - Punjabis will choose sons over daughters through one form of violence or another. Women and men must fight against deeply ingrained prejudices.
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Growing Up With God

The daughter of spiritual teachers shares her childhood stories and enlightened advice for raising the meaning-makers of tommrow.
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