Providing the latest information and research about raising healthy kids, child development, educational trends, product recalls, and even the celebrity parenting scuttlebutt.
Posts by Holly Lebowitz Rossi
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A new review of existing research by a group of social scientists is making a case against single-sex education.
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Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have found that more than 65 percent of American teenagers do not get enough sleep each night (“enough” sleep is defined as 8 hours or more).
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A bill now in California’s State Senate, nicknamed “The Babysitter’s Bill,” would require people who employ domestic workers to pay them minimum wage and overtime, and provide workers’ comp, MSNBC.com reports.
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When Mike Myers and Kelly Tisdale named their new baby boy Spike, they made him an instant member of the Extreme Celebrity Baby Name Club
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A study published onlinehas shown that a simple blood test–using maternal blood, not fetal blood drawn through an amniocentesis or other invasive procedure–can determine with 95 percent accuracy the gender of a fetus at 7 weeks of gestation
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Fame and other individualistic values, such as financial success and physical fitness, top the list of values most important to “tweens” between ages 9 and 11.
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McDain’s Restaurant, identifies itself on its website as a “fine casual dining” establishment, has instituted a new policy banning children under 6 from dining in the restaurant.
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Malaysia Airline has banned infants, from the first class cabins of its Boeing 747-400 and Airbus A380 superjumbo jets.
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The Associated Press is reporting that the entertainment rental company Netflix, Inc. is launching a “Just for Kids” tab to its user interface.
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A new study by a Wellesley College psychologist has tapped into a way parents can protect teens from symptoms and feelings of depression–practice honest, open, and authentic communication.
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