Living and Loving – August 2019

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XANET SCHEEPERS AND KIM BELL

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The average three-

year-old boy’s brain

weighs 1.3kg, while

the average three-

year-old girl’s brain

weighs 1.1kg. By the

time they near the

end of toddlerhood,

their brains are

almost at full size.

KNOW?

Did you

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The importance

of critical

illness cover

According to the World

Health Organization,

cancer is a leading cause

of death for children,

with 300 000 new cases

diagnosed worldwide

each year. Momentum’s

2018 claim statistics

support this statement

with 44% of child critical

illness pay-outs for cancer

followed by 19% of claim

pay-outs for cardiovascular-

related diseases.

Momentum paid out

33 child critical illness,

claims in 2018; the most

ever paid along with

the highest number of

severity percentages

(100%) linked to claims.

When a child is diagnosed

with a critical illness it

can have a devastating

financial impact on the

rest of the family. This is

especially challenging in

Toddlers are

great judges

of character

Your toddler is a good

judge of character – able

to identify clues about the

kindness, approachability

and even competence of

new people. Recent studies

have found this tendency

emerges in toddlers, with

children as young as

three providing adult-like

assessments on character

attributes such as strong,

nice and smart, based

on facial expressions.

The research, conducted

by scientists at Harvard

University, and published in

the journal Developmental

Psychology, has found your

young human can identify

good traits in people,

finding them trustworthy.

“We have a misguided

notion that children are

empty vessels into which

culture slowly pours itself

as they mature,” co-author

and psychologist Mahzarin

Banaji, comments. “This

research shows that

perception of people,

however inaccurate those

judgements might be,

emerge early in humans.”

One study found that,

firstly, children identify

trustworthy versus

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products and advice for a

happy, healthy family.

Family

notes

untrustworthy faces

(a relaxed expression

compared to wide,

intensely staring eyes);

dominant versus submissive

(a scowling face with

tight lips compared to

elevated brows and slightly

downturned mouth);

and competent versus

incompetent (tightly

focused eyes and mouth

compared to an unfocused

look and expressionless

mouth). When asked,

children identified those

who were trustworthy,

submissive and competent

as “nice”, while those who

appeared untrustworthy,

dominant and incompetent

as being “mean”.

CURRY IN A

HURRY

Koo has introduced a

new range of curried

mixed vegetables to

the shelf, in Durban

Curry and Cape

Malay Curry sauces.

Visit livingandloving.

co.za, click on Family,

then Recipes for a

delicious home-made

curried vegetable pie

recipe your family will

love. Available from

leading retailers and

supermarkets for R17.99.

We

love!

Click on Child, then

General Articles to read

the other two studies.

LIVING

AND

LOVING

.CO.ZA

light of medical schemes

only being able to provide

cover up to a certain point.

Momentum Myriad’s

complete range of critical

illness benefits automatically

includes child cover

that equals 10% of the

parents’ benefit amount,

with a maximum pay-out

of R250 000 per parent

policy for child critical

illness, at no additional

cost to the parents.

Visit momentum.co.za

for more information.