Once you hold your newborn baby for the first time, you might keep him snuggled up next to you for hours at a time.  There is sound reason for this maternal instinct as snuggling, or love and affection, is as important to babies as the food they eat as and is necessary for healthy development and brain maturation.  Just as an infant cannot be deprived of proper nourishment, a recent warning from a health expert claims that lack of attention can be equally detrimental. 

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A few months ago, Mum Mum’s reported a story explaining that kindergarteners were lacking adequate playtime as a result of schools making curriculum more difficult to prepare kindergarten kids for elementary school. Other scholastic experts, however, feel many kids enter first grade ill prepared. A new game has been developed that is both fun for kids and a good predictor of learning ability.

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