Quora: Do Babies Have a Moral Code?

What exactly is the moral life of a baby? originally appeared on Quora – the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights.


Answer by Paul Bloom, Professor of Psychology & Cognitive Science, author of Against Empathy, on...

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David Kanegis: The Death Of Dating

As the New Year approaches I’ve been reflecting on the nature of dating and the often devastating effect it plays in the lives of so many individuals.
Read more: Dating, Baby Boomers, Generation Y, 20s-and-30s, Mind Acrobatics, Introspection, Dating and Relationships, Mind Acrobatic...

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Blake Lively & Ryan Reynolds' New Baby's Name Is Totally Adorable

Celebrity baby names are an obsession for some (read: us) and combined with our love for Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, this news really hits a sweet spot.


The notoriously private couple’s newborn baby’s name recently got out and it’s as adorable as you’d imagine. According to an Us Weekly...

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Which Is The Best Dress Kate Wore This Year?

As usual, the former Kate Middleton did it all with the utmost style and poise. We should know, as we’ve spent many an hour this year tracking her every move. 


It’s difficult to choose a favorite between the many dresses she wore (and re-wore) in 2016, so we’ve laid out our top 11 for you t...

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How to raise a child who is honest yet tactful

Parents play a vital role as a model of honesty. The key here is to teach your young one to resolve situations without having to lie, says Sumathi Jayaram, Principal of Julia Gabriel Centre.
Often, a child lies to protect herself against unpleasant consequences. But while a kindergartener...

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Why Crest Secondary School is a good option for Normal (Technical) students

When Crest Secondary School began in 2013, it had difficulty convincing parents that the school was a viable option for their children in the Normal (Technical) stream.
Their lessons would focus on application in a real-world context.
Said principal Frederick Yeo: “There wasn’t...

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Port of Lost Wonder at Sentosa to close for good

Port of Lost Wonder at Sentosa set to close for good The iconicPort of Lost Wonderwill be closing for goodto make way for upcoming redevelopment works forSentosa’s Palawan Beach, and its last day of operation will be on Dec 26. Whether the kids have visited this kid-friendly play a...

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Where to go with kids: Singapore Biennale 2016

What to expect at Singapore Biennale 2016 The Singapore Biennale is back for the fifth time since 2006 . Expect58 works, includinginstallations and video art by 63 artists and artist collectives from 19 countries and territories in the region. (Click on arrows in photos to read...

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Brave New World: UK Is First To Legalize Three-Parent Babies

It’s now legal in Britain to create a three-parent baby using healthy DNA from a donor to fix debilitating genetic problems.
U.K. fertility clinic regulator Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has approved the “cautious use” of the technique, developed by British scientists, t...

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Jerry Zezima: "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby"

Ever since my second grandchild, Lilly, was born in October, people have been asking who she looks like.


It’s hard to say because babies change by the hour, and need to be changed just as often, but I can tell you this: Because Lilly is so beautiful, she doesn’t look like...

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Mary Eileen Williams: Why December Can Be One Of The Best Times To Find A Job

Do you believe a December job search is basically a waste of your time and energy? If so, think again … the holidays are actually one of the best times of year to look for work!


You, as a savvy job-seeker, already know that the vast majority of new positions are found by way of...

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The Royal Family Is Ready For Your Awkward Office Holiday Party

This is royally awesome.
Madame Tussauds London unveiled seasonal versions of royal wax figures on Tuesday, dressing members of the British royal family in ugly Christmas sweaters to create a display as eye-catching as Rudolph’s red nose.


The family granted the museum permission to deck t...

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What to do if your child doesn't like his teacher

Several reasons can result in a child’s refusal to attend school, including a dislike of a teacher.
Instead of brushing aside his concerns, find out why. Here’s what you can do, says Sarinah Yaacob, head of Curriculum and Teachers’ Development at Josiah Montessori. 
Address the matter...

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Tuition can make kids perform worse: new expert findings

Two psychologists have backed the analysis by a National University of Singapore (NUS) don which showed that tuition could be detrimental to a child’s academic performance.
Dr Kelvin Seah Kah Cheng analysed data from the 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) test...

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Fann Wong learns to be a better mum from her first movie since motherhood

Fann Wong’s motherly instincts kicked in when she was working on her latest project, Packages From Daddy.
The local veteran actress, 45, plays a wife and mother grieving over her husband’s sudden death. At the same time, she has to deal with her son’s and daughter’s...

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Mary Ellen Harte: Climate Change This Week: Extinction, Taxing Climate Denial, and More!

Today, the Earth got a little hotter, and a little more crowded.


And the chances of Donald Trump’s family and fortune surviving climate change are small, dwindling daily and irreversibly.





Saving BUB, Beautiful Unique Biodiversity, as in these Borneo proboscis monkeys, is...

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Serena Williams And Duchess Kate Take The Most Awkwardly Cute Snapchat

What do you do after you make it to your umpteenth finals at Wimbledon? Why, you take a selfie Snapchat video with Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, of course!
At least, that’s what you do when you’re tennis royalty Serena Williams. 
Kate attended Williams’ match against Elena Vesnina Thursday...

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How much screen time should your child have?

Our kids are living in the digital era where technology proliferates. As such, it is important to use technology appropriately to support early learning and development.
In a young child, brain development is stimulated through human touch and interaction, which promotes attachment and bon...

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Why Tjin Lee waited until she was almost 40 to have her first child

Tjin Lee waited until she was almost 40 to have her first child – five years after she and her husband John Lim got married in 2008 – but she has no regrets.
The founder and managing director of Mercury Marketing and Communications thinks she would not have enjoyed motherhood as much if she ...

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Chris Cate: 25 Things Every Parent Needs to Know Before Having a Baby

Baby hands are so small and gentle and clumsy and cute and armed with razorblades for fingernails. So approach with caution.
The meaning of an all-nighter is very different for new parents, but the hangover still feels the same.
Getting a baby to drink their medicine is like getting...

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Please Enjoy These Photos Of Prince George Hanging Out With Planes

Prince George took some time out of his very busy royal baby schedule Friday to visit the Royal International Air Tattoo. Contrary to popular our belief, it’s not a place to get tattoos, but rather an air show in Gloucestershire.
Two hangers-on, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, followed a...

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How to choose books for children

Choose those with colourful illustrationsIt’s important that your child develops reading strategies at a young age, says Matthew Scott, Head of Pre-School Courses at British Council, as this will help her to manage more challenging texts as her reading skills progress.
Pictures offer clues t...

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Pregnancy in your 40s: what you should know about the trend

A one-in-100 chance of a Down syndrome baby, one-third odds of a miscarriage and two-fold risk of stillbirth. 
By medical standards, the risks of having a child at the age of 40 are unnerving enough to put a damper on any sizzling baby-making plans. But more older mums are thumbing their ...

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Dawn Yanek: The Strange Thing That Happens When You're Done Having Babies

Something happens when you decide that you’re done having kids.


And before you tell me that I might change my mind and that hey, you never know, let me stop you right there. It ain’t happening. We have two amazing, beautiful children, and we are done. Finito. The shop is...

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9 Ways Princess Eugenie Is Just Like You

Okay, so you’re probably thinking, “Is this a Noxema commercial or what?” But seriously, uber-glam photoshoots aside, it seems like Princess Eugenie actually has a way normal life for a royal. 
Don’t believe us? Ask Harper’s Bazaar. The glossy recently got a peek into what daily life is like...

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How to boost your kid's stage confidence for her preschool concert

Your four-year-old will soon take part in her preschool’s year-end show. While she loves to sing and dance, the thought of performing on stage in front of hundreds of strangers frightens her.
She says that she is looking forward to it but, at the same time, she worries she’ll mess up. Here a...

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Both mum and toddler fighting for life; dad appealing to raise funds

Two years ago, Mr Simon Recordon was in a taxi, following an ambulance that was taking his three-month-old baby daughter Elsa to hospital for a brain operation.
Beside him was his wife Juliet, reading some of her own medical results she had just received, which revealed that she had...

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77 Emotional Photos Of Preemie Parents With Their Babies In NICU

Alana J. Martinez


“Cali-Rei was born at 29 weeks weighing 3 pounds, 2 ounces. She is 2 months old and currently still in the NICU but due to come home very soon. This picture was taken during our first time skin to skin. One of my favorite moments ever.”








Kristin ...

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Lisa Hirsch: How My Mother's Alzheimer's Has Opened Up My Heart

My brother called me the other day while he was visiting our mother at the nursing home. I unfortunately missed the call yet he left a message asking mom to say hello to me. Hearing her say “Hi Lisa,” immediately brought me back to a time when mom was whole. Her voice was...

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The Duchess Of Cambridge's Flirty Red Dress Is Too Darn Cute

If there’s one benefit to the end of summer looming in the not-so-distant future, it’s that more appearances by Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge are on the way. After some time off, the duke and duchess are back to work ahead of a trip to Canada this September. 



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Share your PSLE score! How this Facebook post goes viral, sparking a movement

Never mind that primary schools have just reported their best PSLE results yet.
Online, people are raving about one man’s Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) score. After National University of Singapore (NUS) Associate Professor Syed Khairudin Aljunied posted his PSLE score on...

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Is being too clean bad for your toddler?

You sanitise your toddler’s hands many times a day. Are you hurting his immune system because he’s too “clean”?
The use of sanitisers has been increasing in recent years, mainly due to outbreaks of hand, foot and mouth disease.
“It is good to clean your child’s hands whenever y...

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Woman Says 'F Off' To Mom Guilt With Bottle-Feeding Instagram

Last week, Australian mom and blogger Siobhan Rennie posted a photo of herself feeding her 13-month-old daughter, Aoife, with a bottle.
It may seem like an unremarkable post, but in the midst of the countless “brelfies” that inundate the parenting social media sphere, Rennie’s bottle-feeding ...

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Renee Fisher: Shopping And Laughter: The Two Essentials Of Life

Life in the Boomer Lane has been thinking a lot about friendship, lately, partly because her friends give her so much solace at this particular time. The other reason is that she needs a good laugh, and her friends always provide.


She starts with Barbara, a friend since 1975. Their...

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Prince George Hilariously Rejected A Prime Minister's High-Five

Well, it’s official: Prince George is, in fact, a normal three-year-old boy. And he’s apparently the only human not taken with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. 
George, Princess Charlotte and their parents the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrived in Victoria, Canada Saturday for a wee...

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Why does my child have an attitude problem?

You felt sure your tween respected you. Yet last week, when you asked to talk to her about her homework, she snapped: “Shut up, Mum! I’m trying to watch this video.” You were stunned by such rudeness.
If she speaks like that to you on a regular basis, then consider possible expla...

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Your child wants another toy or gadget. Are you to be blamed?

When the latest iPad was released in Singapore, Patsy Koh’s nine-year-old daughter begged them for one.
“Her birthday and Christmas were coming up, so she wanted it as an early gift,” shares the 39-year-old private tuition teacher. “She already has an iPad from a couple of years back,  so I ...

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6 insider secrets: how to get brands to sponsor your child on Instagram

Fame, free clothes and even cold, 
hard cash, for some. What do you 
have to lose when your child becomes 
a brand representative? 
More and more, apparel companies are working with photogenic kids on Instagram to market their products. And parents are eagerly offering their adorable babies ...

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Jennifer S. White: People Mean Well When They Say the 'Baby Phase' Goes Fast, But...

I know people mean well when they say the “baby phase” goes quickly.
I know they mean to both remind parents with little kids to seek out daily joy and also to provide comfort by pointing out that these particular hardships won’t last.
But …
These difficulties will turn into new ones. K...

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Gordon Starr: Twenty Years to Go. Getting older getting you down? Try flipping your aging paradigm.

On this crisp fall afternoon, I’m sitting at my desk in my Pacific Heights office, a converted A-frame studio condo at the top of a three-story Victorian, bathed in sunlight from windows on three sides. The flip chart behind me has scribbled notes from my earlier session with a group...

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12 Baby Name Ideas Inspired By This Season's Biggest Movies

Somewhere between roasting the turkey and trimming the tree, millions of us also find time to go to the movies. After all, there’s a new Marvel superhero, a Disney heroine, more than one outer space adventure, plenty of promising indie hits, plus installments in the Star Wars and Harry P...

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The Duchess of Cambridge's Unexpected Outfit Is Almost Perfect

Prince William and his family have been in Canada just two days, and have already blessed the masses with a combination of cute kid moments and fashion favorites. 
For their second day of engagements on Sunday, the media phenomenon formerly known as Kate Middleton absolutely slayed in an ...

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Are you obsessed about your child's exam results?

The obsession with examinations and grades is prevalent in many countries, including Singapore. But that mentality has to change, advised Dr Bror Saxberg, chief learning officer at Kaplan.
The 57-year-old American, who was here in November for a talk at EdTechXAsia, explained: “In...

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5 secrets to raising a creative toddler with high EQ

Creativity is important to a child’s health and happiness. In addition to artistic and musical expression, creativity also helps to boost his development in science, mathematics, as well as social and emotional intelligence. 
A creative child grows to become more adaptable to change, making ...

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Mary Ellen Harte: Climate Change This Week: Arctic Frying Disaster, Community Solar Is Competitive, And More!

Today, the Earth got a little hotter, and a little more crowded.


And the chances of Donald Trump’s family and fortune surviving climate change are small, dwindling daily and irreversibly.





Saving BUB, Beautiful Unique Biodiversity, as in these monkey face orchids that occur in...

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These Were The Most Popular Baby Names Of 2016

As 2016 comes to close, BabyCenter has released its annual list of most popular baby names. Once again, the top five names for boys and are almost exactly the identical to last year’s list ― though Lucas and Liam traded places.
New to the top 10 list for girls are Riley, Aria and Charlotte. ...

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Watch Prince Harry And Rihanna Get Tested For HIV Together

Two new besties came together again for one important cause on World Aids Day.
Prince Harry attended a “Man Aware” event in Barbados on Thursday during his two-week tour of the Caribbean. He underwent an HIV test in an ongoing effort to “encourage men to get tested and talk about HIV/AIDS,” a...

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Child born in November or December: is his learning ability slower than a January kid?

Since your December-born child started preschool, his progress with learning has been slower than his older classmates who were born in the beginning of the year.
They always seem more mature than him and are able to grasp new concepts more quickly – older children seem to have an unfair e...

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Maid abused 2-year-old because he refused to bathe

An Indonesian domestic worker punched her employer’s two-year-old son after she was scolded by her employer. On Nov 30, Ayunda Lestari Dayuki, 24, was jailed for four months after admitting to ill-treating the child at a flat in Bukit Batok on Sept 22, 2016.
She had punched his head...

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Sandra Basile: Is There Really An Issue With Sleep Training?

If you are a parent who strongly agrees with nighttime parenting or sleep training, then this proposal is for you.


As I was driving home from my son’s most recent doctors visit, I was overwhelmed with so many emotions after his pediatrician told me that I should consider sleep...

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Mallory Moss: Top Celebrity Baby Naming Trends Of 2016

2016 was a booming year for celebrity names, just ask Michael Phelps who named his son Boomer. Other unique names in 2016 include Eddie Murphy’s Izzy Oona, Daymond John’s Minka Jagger, and the similarly musical name Presley Bowie (Jackson Rathbone and Sheila Hafsadi). We cannot...

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Rihanna Met Prince Harry, And We're FourFive Seconds From Losing It

Drop everything: A prince and a queen met in Barbados Wednesday. 
Prince Harry and Rihanna basically spent an entire evening together celebrating the island nation’s 50 years of independence, and souls across the internet exploded into a puddle of heart eye emoji.



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12 year old boy with dyslexia achieves acting dream

Like many young boys, 12-year-old Aiden Peh dreams of making it big as a professional actor.
While the road to the red carpet may be rocky for any aspiring star, he faces an additional hurdle – dyslexia.
Though learning lines may be a struggle, the Anglo Chinese School Junior pupil...

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12 year old boy with dyslexia overcame learning difficulties to pass PSLE

For a boy aged just 12, Sri John Albert David has lived a hard life. It is a life that has shaped him to be the focused, strong young man of the house.
His parents abandoned him to the care of his grandparents when he was six months old. His grandfather has kidney failure, which was d...

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6 DIY sensory activities to play with your toddler

Sensorial exercises aim to refine the senses pertaining to the discernment of size, length, weight, shape, texture, volume, temperature and smell, among others. 
By engaging his senses, a kid can retain information better, says Florence Fok, district manager at Brighton Montessori.
He also ...

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