Image courtesy of Shutterstock According to reports filed with the Washington State Department of Ecology, over 5000 children’s products contain toxic chemicals that are linked to cancer, hormone
Looking for a fun way to encourage your kid to eat more veggies? Try a few new, exciting salads – your kids will enjoy helping to prepare them and the whole family will savor them. Salads are a
This Mother’s Day, Corporate Accountability International (CAI) is calling on parents everywhere to join together to help put an end to McDonalds’ predatory marketing to kids. McDonald’s has always
Image courtesy of Shutterstock According to new research presented at the Annual Clinical Meeting of The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), labor induction via the hormone
Remember the good old days, when your mom told you to go outside to play all day and just to be sure to come home when the streetlights came on? Yeah, me neither (nor do most of my friends). But my
Image Courtesy of Shutterstock Due to a slow rising number of home births in America, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has released a new policy statement, “Planned Home Birth.” Published this
In Portland, Oregon trees flock city streets and neighborhoods like nowhere else, which may be a significant boon to our city’s youngest residents. According to a fascinating study, pregnant women
Image courtesy of Shutterstock Happy Arbor Day! Get your kids outside to play in the trees! Research shows that when nature elements are incorporated into playgrounds kids have more fun, are more active
Back in 2008 we published an article that provoked a lot of interest with our readers, and opened up a whole new world for me as the mother of a new baby. The article (written by Neelam Misra) was
Meet NAO, a humanoid robot therapist who’s making amazing headway with treating children with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder). This friendly little robot is capturing attention worldwide, and
A group of researchers at the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society recently announced the results of a rice analysis and the news is less than encouraging. The researchers examined rice
Image via Wikimedia Commons We’ve reported on breast milk ice cream, eating placentas and DIY births, but Lotus Birth may be one of the more intense birth experiences we’ve come across.
Image courtesy of Shutterstock A recent study of children’s health issues shows that an estimated 6.4 million children in the United States, ages 4 through 17, have been diagnosed with attention deficit
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