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Santrock Life-Span Development: A Topical Approach
Life-Span Development: A Topical Approach
John W. Santrock

Biological Process, Physical Development, and Health
Physical Development and Biological Aging

Taking it to the Net

June's only child, twelve-year old, Suzanne, is staring to show all of the signs of puberty. What behavioral changes in Suzanne should June expect as a result of puberty?
http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/family/350-850/350-850.html

Tanika, a grandmother from Tanzania, is visiting her American-born granddaughter, Nicola, who just gave birth. As Tankia prepares the wrap the baby in blankets according to the Tanzanian custom of swaddling, the hospital nurse urges her to stop, telling her that swaddling a baby may cause it to die from SIDS. Is the nurse correct?
http://sids-network.org/experts/swaddling.htm

Doris is pregnant for the first time at the age of 45. She half-jokingly bemoans to her husband, John, that she won't live long enough to know her grandchildren. "Of course you will, " John said. "I just read something that women who have children after the age of 40 live longer than mothers who had children in their 20s or 30s." What's the evidence and explanation for this?
http://www.med.harvard.edu/programs/necs/centenarians.html