Have We Been Thinking About A.D.H.D. All Wrong?
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Have We Been Thinking About A.D.H.D. All Wrong?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines That might sound a little mushy — that the point of A.D.H.D. treatment is to help you build relationships and improve your self-esteem, rather than the more scientific-sounding goal of repairing your malfunctioning brain. But think back to that controversial statement in Martine…

Opinion | ‘Adolescence’ and the Surprising Difficulty of Hugging a Teen Son
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Opinion | ‘Adolescence’ and the Surprising Difficulty of Hugging a Teen Son

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Early in the first episode of the four-part Netflix series “Adolescence,” a father and son sit in a room at a police station because the son has been accused of murder. The boy, Jamie, who’s 13, has been surrounded by officers, lawyers and…

‘The Interview’: Dr. Lindsay Gibson on ‘Emotionally Immature’ Parents
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‘The Interview’: Dr. Lindsay Gibson on ‘Emotionally Immature’ Parents

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines We live in a culture permeated by therapy, one in which people are eager to apply psychotherapeutic concepts to themselves and their closest relationships. That includes, naturally, the relationship with our parents. But the desire to understand the hows and whys of our…

How George Lewis Made Comedy Gold Imagining Two Toddlers Chatting
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How George Lewis Made Comedy Gold Imagining Two Toddlers Chatting

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A few years ago, George Lewis was driving back from performing in a comedy club when he realized he had to change his life. He had played the same club several years earlier, also for just a few minutes and also for little…

In Congress, a Push for Proxy Voting for New Parents Draws Bipartisan Support
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In Congress, a Push for Proxy Voting for New Parents Draws Bipartisan Support

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Representative Brittany Pettersen, a second-term Colorado Democrat, was not planning to have a second child at the age of 43. “As if our life wasn’t complicated enough!” she said with a laugh as she arranged herself on a couch in her office on…

‘Genius’ parenting hack lets kids celebrate New Year’s Eve — without being up past bedtime
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‘Genius’ parenting hack lets kids celebrate New Year’s Eve — without being up past bedtime

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Let the countdown to bedtime begin! Clever parents have devised a New Year’s Eve hack that allows kids to partake in festivities to ring in 2025 without staying up too late. “Just your reminder that you can watch the fake countdown to New…

Parents horrified by original ‘Wicked’ book, warn it’s not for kids
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Parents horrified by original ‘Wicked’ book, warn it’s not for kids

No one mourns the wicked — and no kid should read it either. Before there was the “Wicked” movie starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, there was the Broadway musical “Wicked,” which is based on Gregory Maguire’s novel “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West,”…

Prenatal vitamins may have dangerous levels of lead, arsenic: study
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Prenatal vitamins may have dangerous levels of lead, arsenic: study

Some prenatal vitamins contain a “concerning” amount of toxic heavy metals, while others don’t have key nutrients needed for a healthy pregnancy, a shocking new study finds. Researchers from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus tested 47 prenatal vitamins — 32 over-the-counter and 15 prescription — for their choline…

Parents trust ChatGPT over doctors, shocking new study claims
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Parents trust ChatGPT over doctors, shocking new study claims

Paging Dr. Bot. In a new study, researchers at the University of Kansas’ Life Span Institute revealed that parents trust artificial intelligence (AI), such as ChatGPT, more than healthcare professionals. “Participants found minimal distinctions between vignettes written by experts and those generated by prompt-engineered ChatGPT,” says Calissa Leslie-Miller, a doctoral student in…