Child growth News

Talking and reading to children in their early years is particularly important for language and literacy skills Listening to, and supporting, children to understand and learn to regulate their own emotions is also important for later emotional and social well-being Overly intensive or "helicopter" parenting can however increase risk of anxiety and poorer coping skills in kids when they become teenagers and young adults

Children of mothers and fathers with type 1 diabetes had mean scores of 54.2 and 54.4 respectively, compared with mean scores of 56.4 in children from the background population.