Marla has recently given birth to a beautiful, healthy baby. She ...

[rlane42]

Marla has recently given birth to a beautiful, healthy baby. She is wrestling with the decision as to whether she should breastfeed or bottle-feed the child. What would you tell her if you were going to advocate strongly for the breastfeeding option?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

How do we define dyslexia? What are its possible causes?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[johnharpe]

Answer to Question 1

The textbook identifies all of the following benefits of breastfeeding a baby:
(a) it ensures proper nourishment for the child
(b) it reduces illnesses since breast milk contains essential antibodies
(c) it reduces constipation and diarrhea
(d) it helps babies transition to solid foods more easily when it is time to wean
(e) breast milk cannot be contaminated as formula prepared with unsafe drinking water can be
Students may also note that breast feeding is particularly important in developing nations, where the water used to make formula for bottle feeding may be contaminated and lead to illnesses and possibly death in babies.

Answer to Question 2

Dyslexia is a reading disorder characterized by letter reversals, slow reading, and
reduced comprehension. It is estimated that 5 to 17.5 of American children have
dyslexia. In childhood, the focus is on remediation, such as learning how to identity
word pairs that rhyme. In later life, the focus is on accommodation, such as giving
students extra time to do the reading necessary to complete exams. Dyslexia has been
found to have a basis in heredity.Also, neurological problems have been implicated,
such as poor circulation in the left hemisphere of the brain and problems of the angular
gyrus in translating visual information into auditory information. It appears that dyslexic
children have problems in both phonological processing and naming speed.

[rlane42]

Excellent

[atrochim]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it