Home and Family Resources
- Home & Family
- December 15, 2010
“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.”
READ MORE“The panel held that there was no justification for the EPA’s decision in its 2017 order to maintain a tolerance for chlorpyrifos in the face of scientific evidence that its residue on food causes neurodevelopmental damage to children.”
READ MORE“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.”
READ MORE“Screen time is associated with being overweight and obese which is associated with high cholesterol and high blood pressure. Once those risk factors, such as obesity, are in play in childhood, they tend to continue into adulthood.”
READ MORE“If you have a C-section in 2018, you have a 90 percent chance of having a C-section the second time. But the second time it’s a more complicated surgery. And the third time, it can be like operating on a melted box of crayons. And in those cases, women can bleed to death.”
READ MORE“Studies suggest that adolescents who are exposed to cannabis are at risk for development of various neuropsychiatric disorders later in life, but there is much research still needed.”
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