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Too Many Pills in Pregnancy
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- February 28, 2013
During the last 30 years, prescription drug usage during the first trimester of pregnancy has increased by over 60%, raising new safety concerns. “We seem to have forgotten as a society that drugs pose risks,” says Dr. Allen A. Mitchell, professor of epidemiology and pediatrics at Boston University Schools of Public Health and Medicine. “Many
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When Pills and Medicines Get Into the Wrong Paws
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- February 14, 2013
The number of pets ingesting human prescriptions is on the rise, partly due to the amount of gelatin used in capsules. To prevent your pet from getting into your prescriptions, always make sure your medicines are out of reach and stored in a locked cabinet. In case your dog or cat does ingest your medication,
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The business of happy families: Family Inc.
- Home & Family
- February 12, 2013
The modern workplace has developed lots of tools for promoting cooperation and teamwork, says Bruce Feiler, and we can use them at home too. A new generation of parents is taking solutions from the workplace and transferring them to the home.
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Teen Health Tip: Consider Sharing Your Secrets
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- February 8, 2013
According to a report in the Journal of Adolescence, teens who share their secrets are more confident in social situations than others who keep secrets to themselves. The Wall Street Journal, 2/5/2013
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Drowned in a Stream of Prescriptions
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- February 4, 2013
The parents of Richard Fee, who committed suicide in November 2011, say they begged their son's doctors not to prescribe Adderall, an amphetamine to which Richard had become addicted. Richard's story highlights widespread failings in the psychiatric system through which five million Americans take medication for A.D.H.D. Although the medications can significantly improve the lives of people
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Avoiding Cold Feet Down the Aisle
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- January 24, 2013
Women who suppress lingering doubts are more likely to seek a divorce later, according to a study published in the current issue of The Journal of Family Psychology. Justin A. Lavner, a doctoral student in psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles, says, "Having doubts before marriage is not only common, it predicted a higher
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Can parents share child-raising responsibilities equally?
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- January 8, 2013
Across the country, parents are struggling through what many of us thought would come easily: a modern, authentic split-down-the-middle approach to parenting. This approach may seem like it should be ideal, but, in practice, it's leading to unprecedented levels of stress and resentment. One father, Steve Majors, explains it well: “Experts suggest couples talk about
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Not just child’s play: Don’t take away recess, docs argue
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- January 3, 2013
As more and more grade schools drop recess from their schedules, members of the American Academy of Pediatrics are speaking out in hopes of reversing the trend, pointing to recess’s benefits to both learning and health, and arguing that kids need daily recess to keep them mentally sharp and physically healthy. NBC News, 12/31/2012
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Smarter Ways to Discipline Children
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- December 29, 2012
Techniques that psychologists often use effectively with the most difficult kids, including children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and oppositional defiant disorder, can work well on typical kids, too. Approaches, with names like "parent management training" and "parent-child interaction therapy," are backed up by hundreds of research studies, but their tactics remain little known among
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How to Raise Giving Children
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- December 24, 2012
In a time when families are struggling to make giving part of their budget, with donations still 11 percent below pre-recession rates, childrens' generosity is more heartening than ever before. Here are some ways for kids to give back — with or without money — at every age. The Huffington Post, 12/18/2012
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How to talk to kids about school shooting: controlling your fears, calming theirs
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- December 19, 2012
As countries around the world mourn the tragedy that occurred in Newtown, Conn., parents are struggling to figure out how to talk to their children about what happened. Psychiatrist Dr. Gail Saltz says parents definitely need to talk to their children about the shooting, because "it's such a huge story, it's better that they hear
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Tailored Parenting Advice in the Comfort of Home
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- December 11, 2012
Many websites are now offering online parenting classes run by counselors, psychologists and professors. These classes give parents a more personalized way of learning than what they would find from simply reading a book. The Wall Street Journal, 11/13/2012
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How to Deal When Your Adult Children Have Setbacks
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- December 10, 2012
Playing the role of parent changes considerably when the kids grow up and begin to really live lives of their own, but it doesn’t mean your motherly or fatherly responsibilities are gone. Mom Susan Engel talks about her struggle and how she dealt with her son's pain as she watched him endure setbacks. Learn the ways
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Helping Parents Score on the Homework Front
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- December 3, 2012
The type of parental help a child needs with homework is determined by that child's age, research shows. Should parents stay up half the night with procrastinating kids to help them finish research papers or let them face the consequences? The answer seems to be that it depends on how old the kids are, because
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Embracing Children for Who They Are
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- November 12, 2012
Contrary to popular belief, children are not born a blank slate. Rather, they come into the world with predetermined abilities and temperaments that parents may be able to foster or modify, but can rarely reverse. The New York Times, 11/5/2012
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