Description Our Child's Growth Secrets 01 Growth Therapy That Requires Listening to Your Child's Voice Children grow in two big spurts | When a doctor's visit is needed for short stature | Just how many centimeters can growth hormone treatment really add? | Would growing 4 more centimeters really make a difference in happiness? 02 Overweight Concerns That Need More Attention in Childhood The expiration date on the "baby fat turns into height" rule | Childhood obesity is more dangerous than adult obesity | Simple fat-restriction diets aren't the answer | The traffic-light diet method for overweight children | A family diet and exercise plan everyone can enjoy 03 Underweight Children Need Their Eating Habits and Health Checked First Being underweight isn't necessarily an illness | Underweight isn't always genetic | A checklist for thin children who may need diagnosis | Building happy eating habits for underweight children 04 For All Our Precious Children Cord blood: a treasure trove of hematopoietic stem cells | Bone marrow transplant is the standard treatment for blood cancers | Autologous stem cell transplants are only possible during childhood | The odds of actually using stored cord blood are lower than you think | Cord blood banking has another kind of meaning 05 Baby Walkers: Helping with Walking Is Just Wishful Thinking Baby walkers are never truly safe | The shocking reason walkers can cause harm | Walkers can actually delay walking | Countries that have banned walker sales by law Our Child's Precious Body Secrets 06 Precocious Puberty, Which Affects Both Growth and Personality Early first periods are linked to shorter height | The myth that eggs and bean sprouts speed up first periods | The connection between obesity and precocious puberty | Environmental hormones show up here too | Anxious moms, daughters with precocious puberty | Unusually early puberty also needs a doctor's diagnosis | There are treatments to delay puberty 07 Childhood Self-Touching: Don't Overreact or Scold The toddler stage of curiosity about one's own body | Self-touching isn't necessarily harmful | Forbidding it can actually be riskier | What to check before reacting with shock or scolding | Sex education parents need to think more about | The most important parental role is facing it honestly, even when it's hard, and talking openly 08 Circumcision: Originally a Medical Procedure Only 2% of men medically require circumcision | The country that introduced circumcision to Korea | Four benefits of circumcision | Circumcision is now losing favor even in the US | Time to reconsider circumcision Our Child's Personality Secrets 09 ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) The criteria for ADHD are still unclear | Why distractibility shouldn't be dismissed as simply a personality trait | A test for your child's distractibility | An ADHD treatment plan 10 Introversion: Help Bring Out the Strengths Instead of Calling It a Flaw Culture shock arriving in the land of quiet scholars | What Gandhi, Einstein, Steve Jobs, and Ahn Cheol-soo have in common | Introversion is getting renewed attention | What introverted children need most is their parents' attention 11 Tic Disorders: Sometimes Temporary, Sometimes Worsening The best approach is caring attention disguised as indifference | Moments that call for closer, more careful observation | Treatments for tics Our Child's Brain Secrets 12 Early English Education: Controversial but Still Popular Early English education is "scientifically" effective | Yet sounding and speaking like a native speaker is nearly impossible | Still, if you want native-level English, there is a way | But not all "native-level" English is the same | Being fluent in your mother tongue matters more | Another study on the "critical period" for language acquisition 13 Early Music Education: A Parent's Wish or the Child's Own Desire? For or against early music education? | Perfect pitch occurs in about 1 in 1,500 people | The scientific reason Asians tend to have better pitch | The best timing for early music education focused on pitch | Perfect pitch is more genetic than you'd think 14 Sleep: Directly Tied to Growth, Immunity, and Brain Activity The frightening idea that "4 hours of sleep means passing, 5 means failing" | What we all want to know: the link between sleep and height | Things that may matter even more than height | "Go to sleep!" vs. "No! I want to play more!" | Simple yet difficult tricks for getting your child to sleep Our Child's Eye Secrets 15 Eyesight: Protect It as Much as You Care for It The Eyes...