subject: Are All Parents In Line For Worry Lines? [print this page] Who's harder to raise - boys or girls? Discipline may be harder with boys because their hearing from birth isn't as good as girls'. When it comes to physical safety, boys may be harder because taking risks lights up the pleasure centers of their brains. Regarding communication, boys learn to talk later, use more limited vocabularies and have more trouble connecting feelings with words. As for self-esteem, girls tend to grow up less confident and less secure. Overall, boys are harder to raise early on and girls are harder as preteens. What's easier for parents to raise is hope.
According to "The Paranoid Parents Guide", parents' 5 worst worries are kidnapping, school snipers, terrorists, dangerous strangers and drugs. Realistically, however, the five worst worries should be car accidents, homicide (usually committed by someone who knows the child), abuse, suicide and drowning. In fact, the 2 most important ways parents can protect their children are helmets and seatbelts. Making children wear protective gear and buckle up in cars reduce children's risk of death 90% and their risk of serious injury 78%. Considering only 85% of American drivers use seatbelts, 15% should be worrying about themselves.
Parents of obese children have AD36 to worry about. AD36 is a common cold virus that may be a cause of childhood obesity. In a study published in Pediatrics, 124 children ages 8-18 were tested for AD36 infection. Of the 67 obese children, 15 were infected. Of the 57 normal-weight children, 4 were infected. Among the obese children, those infected weighed an average of 35 pounds more than those not infected. Among both groups of children, those infected weighed an average of 50 pounds more. Because there's no test for AD36 available to the public in 2010 and no treatment for the condition, parents of obese children are left to "weight".
Parents of teenagers have texting to worry about. Teenagers think texting while driving is less dangerous than driving drunk. A 2010 Harris survey of 697 teens found 78% strongly agreed driving drunk could cause accidents, but only 63% strongly agreed texting could. When comparing teens that don't text while driving to those who admittedly do, 73% of those refraining strongly agreed texting could cause accidents, while only 52% of those who text while driving strongly agreed. Considering distracted driving caused 16% of road fatalities in 2009, parents need to be "thumbs down" on texting while driving.
by: Knight Pierce Hirst
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