m******8
发帖数: 2153 | 1 The father of a nine-year-old says he was forced to give up a leadership
role in the Scouts because he is gay.
Jon Langbert of Dallas, Texas, is openly gay and says he was given a ‘
leader’ t-shirt by the Scouts group last year which he wore with pride
while helping with fundraising.
However, last week, other fathers complained about Mr Langbert being gay and
he was told by senior leadership to stop wearing the shirt and give up the
leadership role.
The Scouts do not allow gay people or atheists... 阅读全帖 |
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m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 2 By Andi Alexander
Female woman symbol gender x390 (fair) | Advocate.com
Gay men are more likely than lesbians to show gender-nonconforming traits
during childhood, according to a new study by Queen Mary University in
London.
Research following children to adulthood shows that 50%-80% of gender-
nonconforming boys grow up to be gay. Meanwhile, only about one-third of
nonconforming girls become lesbians.
Psychologists Andrea Burri and Qazi Rahman report that genes may be
partially responsible for... 阅读全帖 |
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k*****e
发帖数: 22013 | 4 贴一下原文。
Bright Minds and Dark Attitudes
Lower Cognitive Ability Predicts Greater Prejudice Through Right-Wing
Ideology and Low Intergroup Contact
Gordon Hodson and
Michael A. Busseri
+ Author Affiliations
Brock University
Gordon Hodson, Department of Psychology, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Ave
., St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada L2S 3A1 E-mail: g*****[email protected]
Abstract
Despite their important implications for interpersonal behaviors and
relations, cognitive abilities have been largely ignore... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 5 By Eileen F. Toplansky
With the news that "[i]nfiltration of the federal government by members of
the radical Muslim Brotherhood is worse than some have warned," it should
come as no surprise that while Obama has been courting Muslim Brotherhood
operatives, his wife has also gotten into the act.
According to the toolkit site,
"[t]he Let's Move! initiative, started by First Lady Michelle Obama, has an
ambitious national goal of addressing the challenge of childhood obesity
within a generation, so... 阅读全帖 |
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y***r
发帖数: 16594 | 6 Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice
There's no gentle way to put it: People who give in to racism and prejudice
may simply be dumb, according to a new study that is bound to stir public
controversy.
The research finds that children with low intelligence are more likely to
hold prejudiced attitudes as adults. These findings point to a vicious cycle
, according to lead researcher Gordon Hodson, a psychologist at Brock
University in Ontario. Low-intelligence adults tend to gravitate t... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 7 “…there is reason to believe that strict right-wing ideology might appeal
to those who have trouble grasping the complexity of the world”
January 27, 2012 | Posted by Michael Laprarie
Ugh. Here we go again – “Low IQ and Conservative Beliefs Linked To
Prejudice.” I kid you not:
Low-intelligence adults tend to gravitate toward socially conservative
ideologies, the study found. Those ideologies, in turn, stress hierarchy and
resistance to change, attitudes that can contribute to prejudice, [
... 阅读全帖 |
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P*********0
发帖数: 4321 | 8 The Huffington Post Rebecca Searles
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Are racists dumb? Do conservatives tend to be less intelligent than liberals
? A provocative new study from Brock University in Ontario suggests the
answer to both questions may be a qualified yes.
The study, published in Psychological Science, showed that people who score
low on I.Q. tests in childhood are more likely to develop prejudiced beliefs
and socially conservative politics in adulthood.
I.Q., or intelligenc... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 9 Recession hits young workers hardest
The number of adults in their 20s without jobs is the highest since record-
keeping began.
Philadelphia Daily News
PHILADELPHIA — Chris Cocchi is nearly 27 years old, unemployed, living at
home in the Philadelphia exurbs with his dad, and spending a good chunk of
his day on the computer.
But he isn't playing video games.
Instead, the West Chester, Pa., resident – who has worked most recently as
a line cook – spends most of his time on Craigslist, hoping to fi... 阅读全帖 |
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w*********g
发帖数: 30882 | 10 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: TravisBickle (Travis), 信区: Military
标 题: 黑女的单身母亲竟然占72%
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Dec 18 17:44:10 2012, 美东)
黑男把黑女搞的真惨，黑男是极品，screwing up 全社会。
Blacks struggle with 72 percent unwed mothers rate
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39993685/ns/health-womens_health/t/
Why black women are justifiably bitter: The bleak relationship picture for
African-American females
By Ralph Richard Banks
Stereotypes of black women as angry or bitter are pervasive. They are also
more accurate than m... 阅读全帖 |
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S*********g
发帖数: 24893 | 11 From: Christopher Jordan Dorner /7648
To: America
Subj: Last resort
Regarding CF# 07-004281
I know most of you who personally know me are in disbelief to hear from
media reports that I am suspected of committing such horrendous murders and
have taken drastic and shocking actions in the last couple of days. You are
saying to yourself that this is completely out of character of the man you
knew who always wore a smile wherever he was seen. I know I will be vilified
by the LAPD and the media. Unfor... 阅读全帖 |
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t**********8
发帖数: 1683 | 12 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: twinlight198 (雙灯), 信区: Military
标 题: Race differences in average IQ are largely genetic
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon May 20 22:37:57 2013, 美东)
Race differences in average IQ are largely genetic
Published on April 26, 2005 at 5:29 PM · 122 Comments
inShare.2A 60-page review of the scientific evidence, some based on state-
of-the-art magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of brain size, has concluded
that race differences in average IQ are largely genetic.
The lead article in the J... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 13 No matter how well women are doing relative to men, it doesn’t matter. They
’re still the victims of discrimination — or so they think.
This, when women today earn more college degrees and advanced degrees than
men, and have lower rates of unemployment. How are the decks are still
stacked against them?
The new Pew Social Trends survey reports that “Millennial women . . . are
just as likely as older generations to believe that women face an uphill
climb in terms of being treated equally by societ... 阅读全帖 |
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r****a
发帖数: 3249 | 14 【 以下文字转载自 LosAngeles 讨论区 】
发信人: rowena (最忆是江南), 信区: LosAngeles
标 题: response to 'income inequality' speech
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Feb 28 11:24:29 2014, 美东)
January 2014 - Bob Lonsberry, Rochester talk radio personality responds to
Obama's 'income inequality speech':
Two Americas, the America that works and the America that doesn't. The
America that contributes and the America that doesn't. It's not the haves
and the have not's, it's the dos and the don'ts. Some people do their duty
as Ameri... 阅读全帖 |
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K******S
发帖数: 10109 | 15 If you let them come like this, US will become mexico long before the kids
reach adulthood. |
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H**U
发帖数: 1814 | 16 给索男们增强点信心，别像某些人被美国文化洗脑后自恨得要把自己族裔都杀光了不可。
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoteny
http://erectuswalksamongst.us/Chap6.html
A few key points:
1.“Neoteny” (new-stretch) refers to a gene-controlled change in the way
individuals mature, where they mature sexually at about a normal rate but,
although the body grows in size as they become sexually mature, their
juvenile features (and their ancestors’ juvenile features) are retained
into adulthood and are not replaced by distinctively different adult
featur... 阅读全帖 |
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t*******y
发帖数: 21396 | 17 这里给出了答案，也解了我对本版众宝的疑惑：
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/27/intelligence-study-lin
Intelligence Study Links Low I.Q. To Prejudice, Racism, Conservatism
............
The study, published in Psychological Science, showed that people who score
low on I.Q. tests in childhood are more likely to develop prejudiced beliefs
and socially conservative politics in adulthood.
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 18 Published on CNS News http://www.cnsnews.com
The American Family: An Endangered and Disappearing Species
It is quite common to hear persons bemoaning the state of the family and of
families in America. Is that just hype and rhetoric? Are American families
really “disintegrating” today? Sadly, a lot of evidence seems to indicate
that traditional American families are an endangered and disappearing
species.
Several statistical indicia suggest that traditional families (husband and
wife with chi... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 19 The Wussification is Complete: Two College Students Called Police and Sought
Counseling After Seeing a Mouse in Their Apartment
Jesus H. Christ, what the hell is wrong with these people?
A year ago I received an invitation from the head of Counseling Services
at a major university to join faculty and administrators for discussions
about how to deal with the decline in resilience among students. At the
first meeting, we learned that emergency calls to Counseling had more than
doubled over the... 阅读全帖 |
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b*****o
发帖数: 6080 | 20 Democrats in them thar hills
Rural America is becoming more diverse politically. Thank retired baby-
boomers
Oct 24th 2015 | From the print edition
Timekeeper
FOR Americans who love road trips but despise Democrats, the Obama years
have been a golden age. Rural America does not like this president—an
antipathy that only deepened between his election in 2008 and his re-
election four years later, when he picked up just 37% of rural voters. Add
that trend to a decades-long swing of southern states... 阅读全帖 |
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b*****o
发帖数: 6080 | 21 Democrats in them thar hills
Rural America is becoming more diverse politically. Thank retired baby-
boomers
Oct 24th 2015 | From the print edition
Timekeeper
FOR Americans who love road trips but despise Democrats, the Obama years
have been a golden age. Rural America does not like this president—an
antipathy that only deepened between his election in 2008 and his re-
election four years later, when he picked up just 37% of rural voters. Add
that trend to a decades-long swing of southern states... 阅读全帖 |
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g********2
发帖数: 6571 | 22 Justmy11 minutes ago
The Democrats are right, there are two Americas . The America that works and
the America that doesn't. The America that contributes and the America that
doesn't. It's not the haves and the have not's, it's the dos and the don'ts
. Some people do their duty as Americans, obey the law, support themselves,
contribute to society and others don't.
That's the divide in America.
It's not about income inequality, it's about civic irresponsibility. It's
about a political party that p... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 23 October 13, 2016
Public housing projects great place to raise kids, liberal study finds
By Ed Straker
If you're a parent, maybe you've told your kids that if they want to make
more money in life, they have to go to college. No more. In our
fundamentally transformed America, growing up in a housing project will have
a similar effect, according to a highly dubious study pimped by the
Washington Post. Now, instead of sending your kids to expensive colleges,
all you have to do is ship them off to... 阅读全帖 |
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T**********e
发帖数: 29576 | 24 Largest-ever survey of transgender community shows 40% have attempted
suicide, 59% avoid using public restrooms
The largest-ever survey of transgender Americans paints a grim picture of
pervasive discrimination and harassment, to the point that many of them
attempt suicide at some point.
Released on Thursday by the National Center for Transgender Equality, the
survey assesses input received in 2015 from 27,715 respondents from all 50
states, the District of Columbia, and three U.S. territories. ... 阅读全帖 |
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f**********n
发帖数: 29853 | 25 That narrative lacks subtlety, if it’s not outright deceptive. The average
age of DACA participants is now 24. Few after entering adulthood sought to
address their known illegal status. Surveys suggest that most are not in
school; fewer than 5% have graduated from college. Those employed earn a
median hourly wage of $15.34, which means they are forced to compete on the
lower end of the wage ladder. Only about a tenth of 1% of DACA youth serve
in the U.S. military — fewer than 900 total.
http://w... 阅读全帖 |
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c*******e
发帖数: 5818 | 26 跟我听到的统计差不多，只有7%的 有大学学历，很多连英语都不说，
最大的问题是被拉出来捧着，到处被赞美，现在觉得自己特牛性，其他人为他们做啥都
是应当应分的，
民主党这次故意把daca搞成这样，也是被这些 爷 气的！
：That narrative lacks subtlety, if it’s not outright deceptive. The
average age of DACA participants is now 24. Few after entering adulthood
sought to
：address their known illegal status. Surveys suggest that most are not in |
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D***0
发帖数: 5214 | 27 Attention Whore
A pervasive pattern of excessive emotionality and attention seeking,
beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as
indicated by five (or more) of the following:
1.is uncomfortable in situations in which he or she is not the center of
attention
2.interaction with others is often characterized by inappropriate sexually
seductive or provocative behavior
3.displays rapidly shifting and shallow expression of emotions
4.consistently uses physical appearance to d... 阅读全帖 |
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 29 (1) Who Deals With Mother? Dear Margo, June 4, 2010.
http://www.creators.com/advice/dear-margo/for-better-or-for-worse-but-not-for-lunch.html
(piece #2: "Exactly what is one's obligation to the parent of a spouse?")
My comment:
(a) Nowadays, parents need to support children long after reaching majority
(adulthood, that is). See Daddy's Little Money Pit; Between rent, cellphones
and health insurance, families are finding it harder than ever to stop
supporting their adult children financially. Wal |
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w********9
发帖数: 8613 | 30
还会长。我的感觉也是长了。而且眼睛内角皮也开了些。到了一岁会走路了，拍近距离
的就少了。录像还是有些。
http://www.tedmontgomery.com/the_eye/
eye growth
The average newborn’s eyeball is about 18 millimeters in diameter, from
front to back (axial length). In an infant, the eye grows slightly to a
length of approximately 19½ millimeters.
The eye continues to grow, gradually, to a length of about 24-25 millimeters
, or about 1 inch, in adulthood. A ping-pong ball is about 1½ inch
in diameter, which makes the average adult eyeball ab |
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x*****i
发帖数: 1329 | 31 【 以下文字转载自 LeisureTime 讨论区 】
发信人: wh (wh), 信区: LeisureTime
标 题: BBC评选的11本最佳儿童书
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Apr 7 01:06:34 2015, 美东)
The 11 greatest children’s books
What are the greatest children’s books ever? In search of a collective
critical assessment, BBC Culture’s Jane Ciabattari polled dozens of critics
around the world, including NPR’s Maureen Corrigan; Nicolette Jones,
children’s books editor of the Sunday Times; Nicole Lamy of the Boston
Globe; Time magazine's books editor Lev Grossman; Danie... 阅读全帖 |
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 32 James Prosek, Mystery Travelers; They spend decades in rivers and lakes,
then cross oceans and spawn in secret. National Geographic, September 2010.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/09/eels/prosek-text
Quote:
(a) American cooking:
"Then six years ago, while heading down Route 17 in the Catskills of New
York State on a cold November day, I decided to follow a sign that said, '
Delaware Delicacies, Smokehouse.' * * * [owner Ray] Turner hot smokes his
eels and sells them to passersby, as well... 阅读全帖 |
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f*******r
发帖数: 976 | 33 millennials是00后吗？你来美国了，这么个单词都不懂？
millennial：a person reaching young adulthood around the year 2000
我是millennial，但不是00后。 |
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l**h
发帖数: 7994 | 34 追捕进行时，现在LA附近草木皆兵。
愚蠢可耻的LAPD.
From: Christopher Jordan Dorner /7648
To: America
Subj: Last resort
Regarding CF# 07-004281
I know most of you who personally know me are in disbelief to hear from
media reports that I am suspected of committing such horrendous murders and
have taken drastic and shocking actions in the last couple of days. You are
saying to yourself that this is completely out of character of the man you
knew who always wore a smile wherever he was seen. I know I will be vilified
by ... 阅读全帖 |
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g*****j
发帖数: 1211 | 35 ALL is most common in patients age from 2-5 year old. Chemotherapy is the
major treatments, which generally last more than 2 years. Recovery is
generally very good in that age group, and specific prognosis will be
dependent on particular mutations that the cancer cells carry. Since the
treatment has been very successful for a lot of patients, the long term
adverse effect gradually unearth as patients grow up into adulthood, which
is something more and more being recognized. |
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g*****j
发帖数: 1211 | 36 Let me add a few my experiences:
1) Try not to make up for the missed sleep during the day.
2) Do not use for bed for anything other than sleep or sex.
3) If you do not fall asleep in 30 mins, get up and do something, and try
again later.
4) If you get occasional insomnia (sleepless nights), hey welcome to the
adulthood. It is miserable the next day, but it doesn't mean you have a
problem. It is OK to miss a couple of sleeps every now and then. This is
common human phenomena. |
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g*****j
发帖数: 1211 | 37 You are right. Tourette's syndrome is still not very well understood in
terms of its cause and treatment are less than satisfactory.
There is a couple points:
1) Tourette syndrome is more a social problem than a health issue,
especially in mild ones. The treatment is not necessary only when social
difficulty becomes concerning. Many people naturally get better after
adulthood. There are medicine that can alleviate symptoms, but not without
side effects. You need to discuss with your doctor... 阅读全帖 |
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M***D
发帖数: 249 | 38 You are welcome. I am in USA and here Neuropsych tests are done by Clinical
Psychologists working in the Neurology Department. The neuropsych test can
be quite time consuming. It will be better to get the girl's both parents to
go with her for the tests. Both of her parents will be asked to answer a
lot of questions such as her birth history (by normal vaginal delivery or by
c-section? Birth weight? Any neonatal ICU stay?); developmental history (
any delay in language or social skills); and her... 阅读全帖 |
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d****t
发帖数: 114 | 39 我担心 X-rays 增加得Cancer的风险- brain cancer or thyroid cancer.
A recent issue of Consumer Reports questions the need for yearly X-rays,
particularly for children. It seems that many dentists have been re-
evaluating the need for yearly X-rays in light of a study that was released
in April that found that frequent dental X-rays, particularly in childhood,
may be linked to an increased risk of brain tumors, or meningiomas, in
adulthood.
The study, published in the April issue of Cancer found that having... 阅读全帖 |
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l*h
发帖数: 4124 | 40 it's not 过敏, it's food intolerance.
very rare in young children, only a small percentage in 20-something year
olds, but 70-90% people in their 40s have intolerance to some kind of food,
so they must have developed it in adulthood. |
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p*****m
发帖数: 7030 | 41 no 这个病可以治的
Retinoblastoma (Rb) is a rapidly developing cancer which develops in the
cells of retina, the light detecting tissue of the eye.[1] In the developed
world, Rb has one of the best cure rates of all childhood cancers (95-98%),
with more than nine out of every ten sufferers surviving into adulthood.
Retinoblastoma is a very treatable cancer. |
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m*******1
发帖数: 2194 | 42 转的这个资料很有内容.http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs204/en/
Common modes of transmission in developing countries are:
* perinatal (from mother to baby at birth)
* early childhood infections (inapparent infection through close
interpersonal contact with infected household contacts)
* unsafe injections practices
* blood transfusions
* sexual contact
In many developed countries (e.g. those in western Europe and North America)
, patterns of transmission are different than thos... 阅读全帖 |
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c*******u
发帖数: 12899 | 43 ☆─────────────────────────────────────☆
littlehei (嘿嘿) 于 (Thu Mar 10 19:27:29 2011, 美东) 提到:
上大学新生入学体检的时候第一次检查出来，众目睽睽下几个肝感觉阳性的同学给点名
，被校医区别对待了，甚
至游泳卡也过了好久才拿到。。。当时只觉得无地自容，感觉被歧视了。
//幸好后来好像没有再这么被当众羞辱过。出国的体检，工作以后每年的体检都没有很
多废话。
后来我自己一直很注意这个方面的话题。得知我父亲年轻的时候得过乙肝，家里的孩子
成为乙肝病毒携带者也是
十有八九的事。虽然医学上说这个病毒携带是不可治愈也不可逆转的，还是相信民间偏
方吃了不少中药。小三阳
还是小三阳，姐姐是大三阳的，据说一度变成小三阳，现在不知道。因为美国好像没有
大小三阳的说法。
一直风平浪静的直到怀孕。第一trimester血结果出来以后，产科医生似乎有点紧张。
然后州政府的health
department给我打电话，说要把我登记在案。让我LG去打肝炎预防针，说小孩出生的几
个小时内得打第一针预防
针，期间各种血液体液样... 阅读全帖 |
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l*****1
发帖数: 512 | 44 最近看了这篇文章里也提到不要过早加辅食
8 Reasons Why Breast (or Breast and Bottle) Is Still Best
By Jacqueline Burt Wang
You probably know that breastfeeding is best for the first six months of
your baby’s life: Studies show that babies who are nursed exclusively are
less likely to suffer from respiratory disease, ear infections, and
pneumonia. The benefits continue after 6 months - and after you start your
little one on solid food - even if you supplement breast milk with formula.
Here are 8 reasons not to rush t... 阅读全帖 |
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c*******k
发帖数: 1308 | 45 My daughter has this so I bought her to eye doctors. In most cases, these
are benign, so no worries.
There could be a lot of reasons for infant to have this, it could be racial
melanosis, melanosis oculi, a nerve loop, congenital nevus or something else
. Note that in case of melanosis oculi and congenital nevus, yearly
monitoring is recommended. Still, the doctors won't be too concerned about
them.
The only bad thing is that none of them will fade with time. Some will grow
slowly until adulthoo... 阅读全帖 |
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s****x
发帖数: 247 | 46 Our inability to remember many of our early experiences is a phenomenon
known as childhood (or infantile) amnesia. Exactly why we forget these
memories remains a mystery, although two hypotheses put forth possible
explanations.
The brain systems that support our memory of experiences—the hippocampus
and medial temporal lobe—appear to function reasonably well by the end of
the first year of life. Infants and toddlers can remember such things as
receiving a gift from a favorite uncle or breaking a... 阅读全帖 |
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l********l
发帖数: 1240 | 47 Boy! And yes!
For health benefits for him and his partner later, and less work for us to
clean later.. He will be too young too have any painful memory compare to do
that in his adulthood.. |
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l*********e
发帖数: 5385 | 48 ☆─────────────────────────────────────☆
sunflower33 (我也来了) 于 (Mon Dec 3 09:27:46 2012, 美东) 提到:
Boy or girl:
Yes or no?
Why yes?
Why no?
自己也有些confusion, 故看看大家的态度，谢谢
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mimyw (小猫子:3) 于 (Mon Dec 3 09:29:57 2012, 美东) 提到:
Boy,
Yes,
cuz that's what daddy wants. also easy to keep clean.
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lightgreen (四月芽) 于 (Mon Dec 3 09:42:02 2012, 美东) 提到:
Boy
Yes
Easy to clean, low risk of infection.
★ 发自iPhone App: ChineseW... 阅读全帖 |
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a*****g
发帖数: 19398 | 49 Number Sense 决定长大后的成就（转载）
原文标题：The One Math Skill You Need to Succeed at Work
http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/3856-how-elementary-math-class
The key to improving today's workforce could lie in the elementary school
math class, new research shows.
A study by University of Missouri researchers identified how a lack of a
specific math skill in first grade correlated to lower scores on a seventh-
grade math test used to determine employability and wages in adults.
David Geary, a Missouri professor ... 阅读全帖 |
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a*****g
发帖数: 19398 | 50 Number Sense 决定长大后的成就（转载）
原文标题：The One Math Skill You Need to Succeed at Work
http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/3856-how-elementary-math-class
The key to improving today's workforce could lie in the elementary school
math class, new research shows.
A study by University of Missouri researchers identified how a lack of a
specific math skill in first grade correlated to lower scores on a seventh-
grade math test used to determine employability and wages in adults.
David Geary, a Missouri professor ... 阅读全帖 |
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