Yuri Kageyama, Huffington Post TOKYO– A new study says children living near the Fukushima nuclear meltdowns have been diagnosed with thyroid cancer at a rate 20 to 50 times that of children elsewhere, a difference the authors contend undermines the […]
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 […]
Michael O. Schroeder, U.S. News & World Report An apparently increasing number of parents are giving melatonin to children to help them fall asleep – based on reports from doctors and researchers – despite continued concerns in the U.S. and […]
Jacquie Slater, WTNH It’s that time of year again. The leaves are turning and starting to fall, a sign that the school year is in high gear and Halloween is right around the corner. It’s the season of school fundraisers […]
USA Today It’s officially flu season. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, flu activity is currently low across the United States, but outbreaks can begin in October. The virus can hit kids particularly hard: More than 20,000 children […]
Bruce Lesley, Huffington Post Is there anyone who has a child or a grandchild who has not seen or posted a digital image of this child on Facebook, Instagram or the like? My mother’s refrain, “It sure wasn’t like that […]
(Photo: YouTube) Elise Sole, Yahoo Parenting A father who was frustrated by all the speeding cars in his neighborhood decided to do something about it by illegally posting his own stop signs. Kurt Smith, a father of two, lives in […]
Molly Riley, Reuters Children with a parent who suffers from anxiety have an increased risk of developing it themselves, but one year of family therapy sessions reduces the number of kids who develop it, according to a new study. In […]
John Keilman, Chicago Tribune Michael Jordan’s legendary “flu game” is an enduring inspiration in my house, though not for the reason you might think. Jordan scored 38 points in Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals despite being so weakened […]
Roberto A. Ferdman, The Washington Post It seems like an age-old problem — kids not eating their vegetables — and it is. Little ones, more interested in macaroni and cheese than sautéed spinach, are still leaving the latter largely untouched. […]
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