Tuesday, December 21, 2010

The important of Breast Milk


DEAR my daughter, I read a latest result regarding breast-feeding and unhappy to learn that. Fortunately the effect may be more pronounced in boys and I relax from this single sentence. Being a parent, we expect you the best in all area especially in education. Your mum and I were busy with thinking where should we let you study either local or oversea. We on the same time realize that there are mixed advantage and disadvantages on both side. It's not always an easy decision to make between us. We are really aware on bad news related to students of developed countries within our region. We can't deny that their educational system is much better than ours. But they'll never learned how to live in daily life with dignity like our students were taught by teachers at all levels. The latest result revealed as follow my dear:-

Breastfeeding babies could help them achieve academic success by the age of 10. Researchers from the University of Western Australia found that children who were predominantly breastfed for six months did better in mathematics, reading, writing and spelling. The effect was strongest in boys. Boys are more responsive to maternal attention when learning which could explain why breastfeeding had a greater effect on them. The authors also suggested that there may be substances in breast milk that help the brain develop. This effect more pronounced in boys because they lack the female hormones which are known to protect the brain.

On average, boys had poorer numeracy and literacy scores than girls; however, the scores were improved if the child was breastfed for six months or longer.





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