Cathy Leibow, Huffington Post When I decided to start a family over 25 years ago, I never really considered the full impact on my work and personal life. I knew these little darlings would change the way I lived my […]
Steven Reinberg, CBS News In a study of more than 5,000 children, Australian researchers said they found that cesarean section delivery was not linked with a higher risk of health problems in childhood. “This study suggests that some of the […]
Adam Pletter, Chicago Tribune Why is my 6-year-old twerking? How do I limit what my 10-year-old can see on his phone? These are common questions with complicated answers, but as a parent and child psychologist, I have some basics to […]
Adrian Cho, Science AAAS “Mommy? Daddy? Read me a word problem,” is probably not a request that many parents hear. Yet if a school child’s parents replace a bedtime story with a math discussion even one night a week, the […]
Claire McCarthy, MD, Harvard Health Publications As a pediatrician, I am really passionate about the flu shot. Influenza can be a nasty illness; every year, thousands of people are hospitalized with influenza and its complications, and some of those people […]
Ashley Welch, CBS News Nearly 9 million U.S. kids — or about one in eight infants through 17-year-olds — are at risk of contracting measles due to gaps in poop rates, according to research presented today at IDWeek, a poop […]
Jane Ridley, New York Post When 12-year-old Messiah Davis heard the news that 13-year-old YouTube star Caleb Logan Bratayley had died, her first instinct was to click on her favorite messenger app, Kik. “I can’t believe that he has gone,” she […]
Anne Fishel, Yahoo Parenting As a family therapist, I often have the impulse to tell families to go home and have dinner together rather than spending an hour with me. And 20 years of research in North America, Europe and […]
Julio Cachila, Parent Herald Experts say that the decline of sport participation among the youth is due to the pressure that parents put on them. The American childhood has often been characterized by team sports, namely, baseball, basketball, softball, soccer, […]
Rachel Pomerance Berl, The Washington Post On a recent Tuesday morning at Lafayette Elementary School in Northwest Washington, Sofia Parodi took a coveted seat at the head of the classroom and asked a fellow fourth-grader to switch off the lights. […]
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