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Father's Day Gift Idea: Unique Alaska Bow Hunting Video

This Father's Day give him a gift for his inner outdoorsman. Reknown bowhunter Marv Clyncke announces the release of Bowhunting Alaska – A Traditional Bowhunter’s How-to Guide. This 57 minute educational video is a rare opportunity to look into the mind - and backpack - of one of traditional bowhunting’s leading authorities as he journeys into the unforgiving wilderness of Alaska.

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Is divorce bad for parents?

The elderly are cared for by their adult children regardless of their marital status. In a unique study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, researchers found British adult children help their elderly parents according to current need (i.e. health) rather than past behaviour. This contrasts with other countries such as the US, where parents with a history of divorce see less of their children and receive less help from them.

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74% of SMBs are Meeting Needs of Parents With Flexible Work Options

But 58% Expect Government Plan to Extend Parental Leave to Negatively Impact their Business

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Aging improves parent, child relationships

The majority of relationships between parents and their adult children improve as parents transition to old age, a Purdue University researcher has found.

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Baby's Head Looks Flat: Could Be A Treatable Condition called Positional Plagiocephaly

New parents should be aware of a fairly common condition affecting infants called positional plagiocephaly. Since infants’ skulls are soft, it is not uncommon to have a misshapen head related to the rigors of childbirth, but this usually resolves itself within six weeks of birth. If it does not, you should make an appointment with your infant's pediatrician as soon as possible.

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Parents' participation in medical decisions linked to self-efficacy

The majority of parents feel they play a significant role in making medical decisions for their child, according to researchers at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital.

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Parental surveys boost diagnosis abilities of pediatricians

A simple questionnaire developed at the University of Oregon and requiring no more than 15 minutes of a parent’s time before or after a doctor’s appointment is credited with a 224-percent increase in referrals of year-old and 2-year-old children with mild developmental delays in a yearlong study.

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Who Puts Family First When Child Gets Sick?

New research out of the University of Cincinnati finds that the more times are changing, the more the traditional gender roles between husbands and wives remain the same.

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Happy Father's Day: At least send a free ecard

Father's day is here. Have you done anything for your father on his special day today? If no, give him a call and tell him how much you love and appreciate him. Or, if you do not have any gift ideas for father's day, at least send a free greeting e-card to your father. That will make him to feel very special.

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Texas Mother and Four Daughters Found Hanged in Home

Police in Texas say a mother and her four children were found hanging in the closet of their mobile home Tuesday. Another sad and tragic story that sounds like Dena Schlosser and Andrea Yates.

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Parents, Sibs see imbalances in parents' attention differently

When parents treat their children differently, siblings and parents often have very different ideas about what's happening and why, says a University of Illinois study. And there can be as many points of view as there are family members.

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Keeping children, parents and teachers together

A new interactive learning system which helps parents keep in touch with what their children are doing at school is proving to be a great success with children, parents and teachers, according to new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.

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