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Coping With The Winter Weather
Image via Wikipedia It’s that time of year again, with flu shots and sniffles and all those things that come along with this time of year. While there are some new things to watch out for, they still fall within the normal problems most fa...
Sound Off: Sin Tax To Expand To Junk Food
Should junk food be taxed and if they were would you change your eating habits? Sound off in the comments below. There’s no gigantic secret that one probably should not down a few bags of chips in one sitting, or that those Twinkies aren’t the ...
Got A Bully Problem?
Some kids get made fun of, it’s part of school (which doesn’t make it ‘okay’) and something that if dealt with early may be able to save your child a lot of grief down the road. While the statistics are a shocker: Almost 30% of youth in the...
Scientists Looking For a Solution For Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Scientists Looking For a Solution For Fetal Alcohol Syndrome San Diego State University is studying the effects of supplementing choline in drinking pregnant women. They are hoping to ease the effects of fetal alcohol syndrome. Dr. Christina Chambe...
Advertising and Your Child
It’s no real secret that advertisers have a lot to gain in marketing to children, what is surprising are the effect of advertising on a child’s mind. They take it as honest, the sugary snack or newest toy being marketed to them without a full u...
The Safest Place In America? The Big Apple
What’s the safest place in America for a child to grow up? The answer may be really surprising, it’s none other than the Big Apple, New York City. Injuries to children from car accidents alone, are half the national average. This is adm...
Folic Acid: Debate Over Forced Fortification
Folic acid is shown to be helpful to pregnant women and the babies they are carrying. That little fact has been around for a bit now, and due to the success of the Canadian fortification of bread and pasta the British government wants to try it too....
Might As Well Feed Baby Some Hamburgers? Baby Junk Food
A recent study done by a British food pressure group shows that a lot of food for baby has about as much sugar and fat as sweets and hamburgers respectively. Publishing results of a survey of more than 100 foods for babies and toddlers, the Children&...
Air Pollution May Lead To Smaller Babies
It’s no secret that air pollution is a bad thing, it causes many different problems including one maybe not all that surprising one: smaller babies. From an article from by CBS News: Heavy exposure to the traffic exhaust pollutant nitrogen dio...
Protect Yourself From Swine Flu, Sickness
With the newest scare from the swine flu many people are wondering how to protect themselves. When you have kids in school, they are exposed to a lot of people, some of whom may be sick themselves. The Center for Disease Control advises p...
More Danger Found In Formula
Perchlorate, a chemical found in fireworks has been found in baby formula. The chemical, according the the source: Perchlorate is both a naturally occurring and manmade chemical, but in the U.S. most is used as an ingredient in fireworks and rocket ...
Childhood Obesity Solution?: Reinstate Recess
Scientists studying obesity in children may have found a link to rapid weight gain in babies and childhood obesity starting around age three. In a nutshell, now the blame for childhood obesity is being firmly placed at the foot of baby fat. Chil...
Sugar Comeback: The Marketing Ploy
Corn Syrup VS Sugar, is the new hot button issue on the playground. Sugar lovers claim that sugar is good for you (at least better than it’s corn syrup counterpart) Corn syrup makers say that there’s no difference, corn syrup is natural...
(Mostly) Healthy Snacks
I know there’s a lot of things online and in stores telling you how to ‘trick’ your child into eating healthy. Honestly though, if it tastes good, I don’t think much ‘tricking’ is required. How can you get y...
Poisons in Baby’s Products: Small Steps Forward?
In a few more cases of contaminant and baby product related news: *In the US the harmful chemical that is found in baby bottles may be banned soon. A bill was introduced Friday calling for lawmakers to ban the use of BPA (Bisphenol-A) in bottles a...
