Topic: emotional development

In the ongoing battle over which is better, stay-at-home moms or working moms, a new study may lead more SAHM’s to say, “I told you so.” Ah, but not so fast.

Printed in the January issue of Pediatrics, researchers from Ohio State University say that teens are more likely to be obese if they had a poor emotional relationship with their mother when they were toddlers. In fact, those who didn’t have good relationships were twice as likely to become obese when they reached their teenage years. More »