February 1-7, 2012 is National Women’s Heart Week There is emerging awareness and concern today, as more women now die from coronary disease in this country each year than do men. In fact, when women show up with their first heart attack, 52 percent of them die from sudden cardiac death. Men, 42 percent. This…
How ’bout a couple of cookies for breakfast, son? No? How ’bout a Twinkie? Oh, you’d rather have some cereal? That’s a great choice – much more nutritious than eating dessert for breakfast! Not so fast, dad. That breakfast cereal could actually have more sugar in it than junk food, according to a new study…
These days, preschool teachers to college professors know that children are becoming more and more materialistic. The typical “poor college student” who lives on Ramen noodles and garage sale clothes now has access to daddy’s credit card, which leads to a fashionable wardrobe and plenty of nights on the town. The problem with this type…
Father is considered to be the head of a family and every child looks forward to be like his father some day. Earlier fathers had little interaction with their children, but now this mindset is changing. Now it has been seen that fathers are equally interested in the upbringing and interests of their children. They…
When we call children sensitive, what is it that we really mean? Many of us use the word sensitive to describe a person whose emotional reactions are stronger than the average person’s. Sadly, this word can get in the way of understanding an important truth about why your child has the emotional reactions they do….
Sometimes, the very things which define us as being adults, such as reliability and consistency and stability, work against us. We come to a place where we think we know all we need to know, and we end up failing to notice many of the details in the world around us anymore. And that can…
Asthma is a disorder caused by inflammation in the airways that lead to the lungs. This inflammation causes airways to tighten and narrow, which blocks air from flowing freely to the lungs, making it hard to breathe. Childhood asthma isn’t different than asthma in adults but children do face unique challenges. Asthma in children is…
It’s been a crazy winter, but we can still spend time outside. Did you hear me? Hey everyone, GO OUTSIDE!!! From Jennifer Lance and EcoChildsPlay: Play Outside! Free Range Kids are Happier and Healthier From Heroin and Cornflakes: New Pediatrics Study Identifies the Risks, Consequences of Video Game Addiction From iStorytime: A children’s poem urging…
I’ve mentioned some of the reasons for our distaste for Disney’s kids movies (and other ‘blockbusters’ as well) before, so when I came across this interview with Peggy Orenstein, author of Cinderella Ate My Daughter , I thought it was well worth sharing: “My biggest surprise as a parent, or one of them, was how much…
Every parent knows that children are magnetically attracted to making messes; they’re also not the most careful of beings. Things mysteriously break and clothes are permanently stained. Every parent also knows that’s par for the course when raising happy, healthy children. To help combat the inevitable smudges and scrapes, a few environmentally-conscious eyewear companies have…
Hershey is the favorite chocolate brand in the U.S., with 42.5% of the market, but much of the cocoa used to produce their chocolate may very well have been produced with forced labor, human trafficking, and abusive child labor. According to their website, Milton Hershey loved children, so he founded the Milton Hershey School for orphaned…
A great video about what we really need to do in this world. With Melissa Etheridge and Salman Ahmad for Search for Common Ground, a non-profit organization that works to transform the way the world deals with conflict. Find out more about the organization at www.takepart.com/sfcg. And a special holiday shout-out to the friend who sent…
One of the beautiful mysteries of parenting is how different our kids can be from each other. One child can spend hours playing independently, and another wants constant engagement with others. One child tends to be mellow and adaptable, the other is easily excitable and highly energetic. It’s beautiful, yet also has the potential to…
Today’s Movember video, featuring my youngest, and moustache #13 in the series…
Clean water and a toilet. Something so common for us is hard to come by in other parts of the world. And often that lack is deadly, especially to children. The diarrhea song is all good and funny, until it turns fatal. Watch:
