Should parents drug babies on long flights?
Parents taking infants on long flights are turning to medication to help their children sleep. But is the practice safe - or a dangerous abuse of parental power?
View ArticleDiagnosis: Human - the dangerous increase of medication as FIRST response to...
THE news that 11 percent of school-age children now receive a diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder — some 6.4 million — gave me a chill. My son David was one of those who received that...
View ArticleWomen, think about freezing your eggs
I wish I'd had the option of egg freezing. Egg freezing is the newest reproductive technology: a recently perfected form of flash-freezing that allows human eggs to be successfully stored in egg banks....
View ArticleScripps Spelling Bee 2013: Spelling Bee kids will have to know definitions
It'll take more than spelling to win this year's National Spelling Bee. The youngsters will have to know some definitions as well. For the first time, vocabulary will be a part of the Scripps National...
View Article2-year-old loses feet when dad runs over her with lawnmower
A 2-year-old Florida girl's feet were severed when her father accidentally ran over her with a riding lawn mower in a tragic mixup, officials said. The toddler, identified by police as Ireland Nugent,...
View ArticleYou'd die for your kids, so why won't you cook for them?
The real reason parents who would die for their children are comfortable feeding them from boxes and drive-thrus isn't due to a lack of love or concern. It's because society has been so firmly and...
View ArticleVideo: Girl gets head stuck between walls
Watch firefighters rescue a 6-year-old girl who accidentally jammed her head between two walls in China.read more
View Article2nd arrest in alleged rape of 5-year-old
Indian police have arrested a second man in connection with the alleged rape of a 5-year-old girl in New Delhi, a police spokesman said Monday. The second suspect is accused of being an accomplice in...
View ArticleBaby food shortage in Europe due to China demand
Yong-Hee Kim still can't believe that in a prosperous country like Germany, powdered baby formula would ever be rationed and that she would have to scour shops in the German capital to find the right...
View Article2-year-old girl gets windpipe made from stem cells
A 2-year-old girl born without a windpipe now has a new one grown from her own stem cells, the youngest patient in the world to benefit from the experimental treatment....read more
View ArticleThe Parent Syndrome
Everyone says life is no longer the same once you have children, and it's not what you expected. So true. Despite the millions of self-help books, guides and advice literature out there, nothing really...
View ArticleKids allowed sips of alcohol more likely to drink later
If you've already allowed your kids to take a little sip of your beer or wine from time to time, you probably won't be pleased when you hear the findings of a new report.read more
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