Human child survival depends on adult investment, typically from parents. However, in spite of recent research advances on kin influence and birth order effects on human infant and child mortality, studies that directly examine the interaction of kin context and birth order on sibling differences in child mortality are still rare. Our study supplements this literature with new findings from lar...

Abstract The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction creates an exception to mandatory return abducted children if child objects being returned their country habitual residence and has attained age degree maturity at which it is appropriate take account views. Australian regulations also require that child’s objection demonstrates a ‘strength feeling beyond mere e...

Consistent evidence exists for sexual interest in children in non-clinical/non-forensic male populations. However, prevalences for community males’ self-reported sexual interest in children involving prepubescent children have been based on indiscriminate definitions including postpubescent individuals, age-restricted samples, and/or small convenience samples. The present research assessed male...

The Chinese government implemented the One Child Policy in an attempt to stave off population explosion and its potential negative economic consequences on their infant economy in 1979. This article examines the consequences of this policy on marital matching and family size decisions. Using a simple General Equilibrium model, we show how by constraining marital output on the quantity of childr...

OBJECTIVE (i) To analyze the eating behaviors and body satisfaction of boys and girls and to examine their mothers' perceptions of these two domains; and (ii) to evaluate eating problem predictors using child body mass index (BMI), self-esteem, and body satisfaction as well as maternal BMI, eating problems, and satisfaction with their child's body. The participants included 111 children (54.1% ...

India’s legal framework stipulates equal rights for all, regardless of gender. In practice, however, unequal power equations between males and females have led to violations of women’s reproductive rights. The girl child has often been a victim to the worst forms of discrimination. Gender bias, deep-rooted prejudices, and discrimination against the girl child have led to many cases of female fe...

OBJECTIVES To assess the influence of second child intent on the delivery preferences and final delivery modes of nulliparous women, particularly caesarean delivery on maternal request (CDMR), after implementation of China's two child policy. DESIGN Cross sectional and prospective observational study. SETTING A tertiary teaching hospital in Chongqing, China. PARTICIPANTS 1000 low risk nul...

Food neophobia is a highly heritable trait characterized by the rejection of foods that are novel or unknown and potentially limits dietary variety, with lower intake and preference particularly for fruits and vegetables. Understanding non-genetic (environmental) factors that may influence the expression of food neophobia is essential to improving children's consumption of fruits and vegetables...

BACKGROUND Estimates of picky eating are quite high among young children, with 14-50% of parents identifying their preschoolers as picky eaters. Dietary intake and preferences during the preschool years are characterized by slowing growth rates and children developing a sense of autonomy over their feeding and food selection. We argue that the current conceptualization of picky eating defines a...

Previous studies have reported that 3- to 4-month-olds show a visual preference for faces of the same gender as their primary caregiver (e.g., Quinn et al., 2002). In addition, this gender preference has been observed for own-race faces, but not for other-race faces (Quinn et al., 2008). However, most of the studies of face gender preference have focused on infants at 3-4 months. Development of...