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Early Trauma, Lasting Damage Once scientists learned that smoking changes the brain, making it very difficult to quit, we were able to devise treatments to help smokers change their behavior. Today we are witnessing another health revolution that is just as far-reaching.	Sibling Aggression, Often Dismissed, Linked to Poor Mental Health Fights between siblings – from toy-snatching to clandestine whacks to being banished from the bedroom – are so common they’re often dismissed as simply part of growing up.
Clinical Lactation's Special Issue on CIO and Sleep Training This month's special issue of Clinical Lactation (Volume 4, Issue 2) is a great resource for crying-it-out and sleep-training issues.	Poor Parenting - Including Overprotection - Increases Bullying Risk Children who are exposed to negative parenting - including abuse and neglect but also overprotection - are more likely to experience childhood bullying by their peers.
This Hurts Me More Than It Hurts You - Positive Parenting "When a parent hurts her child, the parent has to deaden her natural empathy. We know, for instance, that watching a violent image reduces our empathy.	Walking a Mile in Another’s (Virtual) Shoes "Through a game-based virtual environment and negotiation exercise, Marietta and Hoahn have shown that walking around in someone else’s (virtual) shoes encourages compromise and allows for more positive relationships to develop."