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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              A new study suggests that American parents should ease up on the antibacterial soap. Exposure to infectious microbes early in life may actually protect children from cardiovascular diseases ... Get the white out of baby's first foods - pediatricians agree baby rice cereal "nutritional equivalent of table sugar" ... According to a report in Science Daily, a new Canadian study shows that children exposed to high concentrations of manganese in drinking water performed worse on tests of intellectual functioning than children with lower exposures ... University of Santa Barbara researchers discovered that when adults were asked to recall the worst lie they were ever told, it was usually from their parents concerning the death of a loved one. They never got over the feeling of being deceived as a child and resented it ever since - DON'T LIE TO YOUR CHILD ABOUT DEATH - It is better that your child hears the truth from you than from someone else ... University of Michigan, Martin Hofman, world-renowned authority on empathy, in one of his most influential studies, found the most common discipline technique parents of high-considerate children use is reasoning with them about their uncaring or selfish behavior ... University of Warwick - Late breaking research finds that girls victimized by bullies at six years of age are significantly more likely to remain victims at age ten - keep a watchful eye and discuss with your child any bullying and intervene with school authorities ... University of Pennsylvania - Research by Martin Seligman, renowned psychologist, found that helping children become more optimistic and less negative in their thinking patterns actually helps them to be less likely to be depressed as well as better able to bounce back from adversity - Give your child a more balanced view of the world ... Friends rejections hurt - Researchers in Sydney, Australia discovered that the brain reacts almost the exact way to emotional snubs as it does to physical pain - acknowledge your child's distress - he is really hurting and needs your support! ...