Teething Problems and Parental Beliefs in Nigeria

Parental beliefs about children's teething in Udaipur, India: a preliminary study.

Throughout history, teething has been held responsible for a variety of childhood illnesses. The objective of this study was to assess parents' knowledge and beliefs about teething signs and symptoms and to investigate the practices used to alleviate teething troubles. A cross-sectional survey was conducted using a self-administered questionnaire distributed to 550 parents in Udaipur, India. Th...

Parent beliefs about infant teething: a survey of Australian parents.

OBJECTIVE Parents ascribe many infant symptoms to teething, despite little evidence to support such an attribution. We report current parental beliefs about teething and its management in a suburban Australian setting. METHODOLOGY A written questionnaire was given to all English-speaking parents consecutively attending infant hearing testing sessions in one Melbourne municipality between Augu...

Parental addiction, parenting problems and psychopathology in offsprings

Family is the first and most important institution that the child is born and bred in. So for the healthy and natural development of children and their mental health, its essential to children grows up in a normal and healthy family that provides a good platform that meet the developmental needs of them. Whatever that causes dysfunctions in family may predispose for damage in training of childr...

Teething: facts and fiction.

Late Teething in India

cut their teeth at a later age than that given in books. Out of 100 infants of varying ages, from 8 months to 2 years, 30, nearly one-third, had cut no teeth ; and out of 14 infants, S months' old, more than half, 8, had not commenced teething ; out of 27 infants one year old, 7 had not cut any tooth, 7 had cut 4, 6 had cut 6 teeth, and only one had 9. Though the statistics speak comparatively ...