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Acne in pre-teens, when to consult the Dermatologist
Teenage girl squeezing a spot The transition from kid to teen seems to happen overnight. One night you are reading “Goodnight Moon” and the next morning they wake up with a pimple. Running to the...
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7 Soothing Ways to Beat Stress During Pregnancy
A report I read this morning reinforced my biggest fear as to why my son may have been born prematurely. In a column titled, “Premature babies: The pregnant elephant in the room is stress,” the writer...
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Obesity in pregnancy puts child at diabetes risk: study
A study of more than 1.2 million children born in Sweden between 1992 and 2004 and monitored for several years, found a 33-percent higher risk for the disease among children whose mothers were obese...
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Many depressed preschoolers still suffer in later school years
Children diagnosed with depression as preschoolers are likely to suffer from depression as school-age children and young adolescents, new research shows. Depressed preschoolers were 2.5 times more...
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Fox News Host Thinks Healthy Food For Preschoolers Will Give Them ‘Mental...
Fox News is very reliable, in that they can always be counted on to have a strange and vaguely horrifying opinion about the most innocuous of subjects. This time, the topic is providing healthy food to...
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Study analyses the distance children are willing to walk to school, and how...
Children Walking Home from School — Image by © Don Hammond/Design Pics/Corbis A study conducted by researchers from the universities of Granada, Cambridge and East Anglia (UK) has for the first time...
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5 Annoying Things Parents of School-Aged Kids Do
When my kids were little, they were with me most of the time, so for the most part, I didn’t have to deal with the choices of other parents. Hey, I’m not perfect, but I would like to think I’m pretty...
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‘Go Ahead, I’m Listening’ And Other Lies I Tell My Teenager
Well, I can never go back to that Starbucks. After the barista twice asked me if I had an “outie,” I abandoned all civility and snapped,”What is wrong with you? Why would you ask me that?” And he,...
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5 Toddler Breastfeeding Myths That Drive Me Insane!
Despite the fact that the World Health Organization, multiple Surgeon Generals, UNICEF, La Leche League, and just about any doctor worth their salt recommendsbreastfeeding at least until the age of 2...
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The Five Things Successful Working Parents Give Up To Reach A Work-Life Balance
The stress of juggling child rearing responsibilities with the demands of work takes a toll on many parents’ personal and professional lives. Over 50% of all employees report that job demands interfere...
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