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Parenting News: Breastfeeding and SIDS, Smartphones, Child Safety, Pets and Allergies, Video Games, Roughhousing
By Dad News Thursday, June 16th, 2011
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)
Parenting News: Media & Minority Kids, Mental Illness, Video Games, Obesity, Sexting
By Dad News Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
Greater Media Use Found Among Minority Kids: Black and other minority children in the United States spend far more time than white children watching TV and videos, listening to music, using computers and playing video games, new research shows. (HealthDay)
Mental Illness Leading Cause of Disability in Youth: Mental health problems such as depression account for nearly half of all disability among young people between the ages of 10 and 24, according to a new study from the World Health Organization (WHO). (CNN.com)
‘Active’ Video Games May Be Better for Kids’ Weight: Overweight kids might benefit from swapping their traditional video games for “active” ones that get them off the couch, a new study suggests.
(Reuters)
Prolonged Bottle Feeding Tied to Kids’ Obesity: Researchers who studied 6,750 U.S. children found that toddlers who were still drinking from bottles at age 2 were one-third more likely than other kids to be obese at the age of 5. (Reuters)
Anthony Weiner and His Teachable Moment: It’s hard to believe, but this spring’s latest lurid scandal can actually be an opportunity for parents. (Washington Post)
Parenting News: Vaccines, Video Games, Cell Phones, Parenthood, Energy Drinks
By Dad News Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
Pediatricians Issue New Vaccination Recommendations: “Teenagers need a booster shot to protect them from meningococcal meningitis, a potentially deadly infection of the tissue around the brain, while all kids should have up-to-date whooping cough vaccines in light of recent outbreaks, according to new recommendations from pediatric experts. ” (HealthDay)
Girls Benefit From Video Game Co-Play: “Video games sometimes get roughed up by parents, teachers, and academics as having a negative impact on kids. However, a study conducted by researchers at Brigham Young University concluded that playing video games is good for girls … if they play with a parent.” (GeekDad)
Parents Are Ignoring Their Children For Their Blackberry: “Forget stressing about young people’s texting, Twitter and gaming habits. Increasingly, it is adults’ constant, obsessive use of these technologies that’s coming under fire. “It’s now children who are complaining about their parents’ habits,” says clinical psychologist and MIT professor Sherry Turkle.” (The Washington Post) Read the rest of this entry »
