Breastfeeding Linked to Lower Risk of SIDS: Babies who are breastfed – especially those only fed breast milk, and not formula as well – are less likely to die of sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, suggests a new analysis of past studies. (Reuters)

Smartphone Danger: Distracted Parenting: “Mama, put the phone AWAY.” That’s my kid talking to me, and she’s only 3. She’s scolding me, but she’s scolding you, too. (CNN.com)

Kids At Risk: Say Something Or Bite Your Tongue?: These situations make us cringe but it can be hard to know how we should react. Is it an innocent bystander’s ethical duty to approach the parent in the name of a child’s safety, or does society dictate minding one’s own business? (CNN.com)

Study: Living With Pets May Protect Infants from Allergies: Children who live with dogs and cats are less likely to develop allergies to those animals later in life, but only if the pet is under the same roof while the child is still an infant, a new study suggests. (Time.com)

Training Via Video Game Shown to Boost Kid’s Brain Power: Playing a memory-straining video game can help children solve problems more easily, a goal that can be difficult to achieve through so-called cognitive training, a new study suggests. (HealthDay)

Two Dads Offer the Perfect Antidote to Helicopter Parenting: A Guide to ‘Safe’ Roughhousing: It took an M.D. and a Ph.D. to come up with “The Art of Roughhousing,” a new parenting guide to good old-fashioned horseplay complete with ultra-simple diagrams for a safe “raucous pillow fight” or round of “human cannonball.” (Washington Post)