SEATTLE (AP) — Teaching parents to switch channels from violent shows to educational TV can improve preschoolers’ behavior, even without getting them to watch less, a study found. The results were modest and faded over time, but may hold promise for finding ways to help young children avoid aggressive, violent behavior, the study authors and […]
Sam Gordon, a 9-year-old football player has been all over major sports networks after her father added her highlight reel to Youtube. Gordon plays in an all-boy pee-wee football league in Utah. She began playing football after falling in love with the sport after watching college football games with her dad. Gordon finished her season […]
NEW YORK (AP) — We've got dolls that wet, crawl and talk. We've got dolls with perfect hourglass figures. We've got dolls with swagger. And we've got plenty that come with itty bitty baby bottles. But it's a breastfeeding doll whose suckling sounds are prompted by sensors sewn into a halter top at the nipples […]
CHICAGO (AP) — American children eat as much salt as adults — about 1,000 milligrams too much, or the same amount as in just one Big Mac. Extra salt is linked with higher blood pressure, even in kids, but government research says those who are overweight and obese may be most vulnerable to its effects. […]
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NEW YORK (AP) — A field guide for beaches, a road trip guide and a couple of books for city-dwellers looking to get outdoors with kids offer inspiration and information for planning adventures this season. —National Geographic's "Field Guide to the Water's Edge" ($22) is a handy reference for anyone who's ever wondered about shorebirds, […]
So, we had our own conversation about education at the Mamas Gone Wild Live Blog Party Sunday night as we watched Soledad O’Brien’s CNN special “Education in America: Don’t Fail Me.” Even though Soledad didn’t really explore many of the issues black parents deal with – violence in schools, vouchers, low test scores, etc. – […]
The parents and uncle of a four-year-old Dallas boy were arrested after the boy was found with a bag of cocaine at school. Joshua and Christy Ruiz, both 26, have been charged with child endangerment. Police are accusing Joshua and the child’s uncle, Moses Ruiz, 21, with the distribution of a controlled substance. School officials […]
Fighting obesity will require changes everywhere Americans live, work, play and learn, says a major new report that outlines dozens of options – from building more walkable neighborhoods to zoning limits on fast-food restaurants to selling healthier snacks in sports arenas. But schools should be a national focus because that’s where children spend most of […]
A 6-year-old boy was suspended from his suburban Denver school for three days after school officials said he told a girl “I’m sexy and I know it,” a line from a popular song. D’Avonte Meadows, a first-grader at Sable Elementary School in Aurora, is accused of sexual harassment and disrupting other students, according to a […]
Test-tube babies have higher rates of birth defects, and doctors have long wondered: Is it because of certain fertility treatments or infertility itself? A large new study from Australia suggests both may play a role. Compared to those conceived naturally, babies that resulted from simple IVF, or in vitro fertilization – mixing eggs and sperm […]
More teens are smoking dope, with nearly 1 in 10 lighting up at least 20 or more times a month, according to a new survey of young people. The report by The Partnership at Drugfree.org, being released Wednesday, also said abuse of prescription medicine may be easing a bit among young people in grades 9 […]
