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Parents play a crucial role in helping children develop a positive body image and healthy eating habits, an expert says.

«Sometimes we parents forgot how important our words, thoughts, and feelings are in the lives of our kids,» Dr. Aaron Krasner, director of the adolescent transitional living program at Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, Connecticut, said in a news release.

«‘We make the weather in our homes, a wiser-than-me parent once told me,» Krasner added. «I think it’s true – especially when it comes to eating behaviours and body image...

Not too many parents would ever encourage their children to spend hours playing video games, but new research suggests some games might actually be beneficial to kids with dyslexia — at least in the short term.

The new study comes from researchers in Italy who found that action video games might make children with dyslexia read better. In fact, they say that 12 hours of video game play did more for the children’s reading skills than what they could be expected from a year of traditional reading treatments or even spontaneous reading.

The researchers believe the reason certain video games mig...

For the umpteenth time on a recent afternoon, Ethan Todd sprang to his feet and reached for a toy truck. And for the umpteenth time, the 5-year-old boy’s thin legs buckled and collapsed.

The San Mateo boy then allowed Karen Price to sit behind him in the Palo Alto studio and knead his calves and thighs. «Look how high your feet can go!» she said, lifting his right leg into the air.

To the casual eye, what Price did may have looked like a massage...