Home & Family

No TikTok? No problem. Here’s why you shouldn’t rush to buy your child a phone.
- Home & Family
- May 24, 2024
Carli Pierson writing in USA Today with some thoughtful advice to parents: “Phones and kids should be an ongoing conversation in our homes. We should be talking about the dangers of addiction. We need to teach them that obsessing over other people’s lives, or comparing themselves with another person they may or may not know,
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Inactivity and screen time among children linked to heart damage by young adulthood
- Home & Family
- September 5, 2023
Study Finds: “Allowing children to consistently watch TV for extended periods can lead to heart-related issues years later, a new study warns. Researchers discovered that being inactive from childhood through young adulthood displays a link to heart damage, independent of factors like weight and blood pressure.”
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Screen-time warning: Toddlers given tablets, phones to play with can suffer lasting brain damage
- Featured, Home & Family
- September 5, 2023
“Sitting toddlers down in front of a screen all day can do lasting damage to their brains, a new study warns. Scientists in Singapore add that the harm to screen-watching infants persists into late childhood, even beyond the age of eight.
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Is the baby product recall process failing parents? Some experts say yes
- Home & Family
- September 5, 2023
“Every parent wants their baby to be safe, but once the market is flooded with an unsafe product, it’s hard to bring it back. They’re in thrift stores. They’re in daycares. They’re being handed down from sister to brother. They’re everywhere. The impetus should not be on brand-new parents. The impetus should be on the company to make sure that the product is safe in the first place.”
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Cannabis use in adolescent years may create reproductive complications in women, according to new study
- Health & Healing, Home & Family
- September 5, 2023
“In a new study, University of California, Irvine researchers found that exposure to the compound tetrahydrocannabinol (THC, a component of cannabis) at a young age could lead to depleted ovarian follicles and matured eggs in adulthood by nearly 50 percent.”
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New Pfizer data kills the case for universal child Covid vaccines
- Health & Healing, Home & Family
- March 16, 2022
For the younger kids, it dropped from 65% in the first two weeks to negative efficacy: -41% a month later. In other words, the vaccinated young kids were actually more likely to be infected than unvaccinated kids a month and a half after vaccination.
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What Every Parent Should Know Before Introducing Their Young Child to Technology
- Featured, Home & Family
- April 21, 2021
You might want to think twice before handing your toddler your smartphone. Check out our Good for You Conversation with Dr. Gail Saltz on what you need to know about children, technology and how it impacts their development.
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A Reason to Think Twice About Your Child’s ADHD Diagnosis
- Headlines & Highlights, Home & Family
- December 28, 2018
“Something is fundamentally wrong with the way ADHD is diagnosed. There’s a whole list of things that have nothing to do with the chemistry of the brain that increases your risk of being diagnosed with ADHD.” Dr. Martin Whitely, researcher & 1st author of a new study
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For Halloween, There’s Nothing Scarier Than a Fickle Toddler
- Headlines & Highlights, Home & Family
- October 17, 2018
“I’m Batman.” One week later. “No, Spiderman.”
For parents, yearly challenge is buying right Halloween Costume.
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Hilary Swank’s perspective on life, love changed after caring for ailing father
- Headlines & Highlights, Home & Family
- October 16, 2018
“It’s almost a great way to weed out people. ‘Wait, you live with your dad.’ The reaction to that helps you move through things faster.”
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What states aren’t doing to save new mothers’ lives
- Headlines & Highlights, Home & Family
- September 21, 2018
“Death rates among pregnant women and new mothers have gotten worse, even as wealthy countries elsewhere improved. Today, the U.S. is the most dangerous place in the developed world to deliver a baby.”
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The opioid crisis hits home. Mine.
- Lifestyle & Relationships, Home & Family
- September 11, 2018
“No family is immune from the scourge of the opioid crisis. About 2 million people in America, from all walks of life, are addicted to opioids. The epidemic is evolving but not improving.”
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More than 200,000 teens had plastic surgery last year, and social media had a lot to do with it
- Headlines & Highlights, Home & Family
- August 31, 2018
“As the saying goes, ‘Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should,’ — this reflects the current dilemma presented to plastic surgeons. The demand for plastic surgery in adolescents has increased dramatically, despite the controversy over performing plastic surgery procedures in this population.”
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Don’t pressure your picky eater — it doesn’t work
- Headlines & Highlights, Home & Family
- August 14, 2018
“When parents are too focused on every bite and pressure their children to eat, it usually backfires as toddlers then refuse, similar to potty training.”
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Expert tips on how nursing mothers can help protect their babies from food allergies
- Headlines & Highlights, Home & Family
- August 8, 2018
“Even for women who aren’t going to be able to breastfeed on a regular basis, really try to do so right after birth. It’s different from the milk produced even a few days later, because it’s packed with a lot of factors that get the baby’s immune system off to a good start.”
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