Study: Raising a Kid Harder on Your Immune System Than Severe Stomach Flu
Parenting is one of the most severe environmental challenges anyone puts themselves through. It even radically rewires the immune system.
New Research from Sweden: Infants Should Sleep in Their Own Bed to Reduce Risk of SIDS
Sudden infant death syndrome is among the scariest things new parents fear. New research finds that infants should sleep in their own beds to reduce risks.
Today's Teens Are Better People Than the Rest of Us
Analysis of the CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Survey shows that teens today are making better decisions than the rest of us ever did.
Early Foods Impact Baby's Healthy Gut
What we feed our babies -- and not maternal obesity -- is the most signifiant factor is establishing baby's healthy gut microbiota.
9 Year Old's Video Hijacked, Can't Be Taken Offline
A 9yo made a video of herself twerking with friends, copying what they'd seen in music videos online. The video was hacked, and the content exploited.
Research: Does Cranberry Juice Treat a UTI?
The kind of cranberry juice you buy in a grocery store isn't effective for treating a UTI, unless you drink 28 glasses of it.
How Finding My Tribe Helped My Battle With Postpartum Anxiety
In finding my “tribe”, the weight on my shoulders became lighter. I wasn’t alone. In fact, I never was. I needed to get out there to find that out for myself. I am so glad that I did. I hope every ...
The Scary Reality of the Sandwich Generation
Sandwiched between caring for young children and aging parents, "working daughters" shoulder the burden.
Bilingual Children Better at Problem Solving
A study released by Concordia University finds that bilingual children are better able to solve problems than children who speak only one language.
5 New Things You're Supposed To Do With Your Vagina
We know a lot about what women's body's can do. Except these things. We didn't know about this stuff.
The Struggle to Commit to Friendships in Today's Culture
This destruction of all friend-mitments means we can go around commenting on each others’ posts without having to pick up the phone or even send an email. We get further and further away from havin...
Increasing Breastfeeding Could Prevent 800,000 Child Deaths Annually
A large-scale analysis finds that increasing breastfeeding worldwide could prevent 800,000 child deaths and 20,000 breast cancer deaths each year.
New York Times Asks: Is the ADHD Diagnosis Helping or Hurting Kids?
The New York Times gathered several excellent opinion pieces from experts in the field debating whether the ADHD diagnosis is helping or hurting kids.
The Benefits of Screen Time for Kids: A Look at the Data
The risks of excessive screen time are studied and documented. But what about the rewards?
Quiz: Do You Know Which Foods Need to be Refrigerated?
To refrigerate or not to refrigerate, that is the question.
Treating ADHD with Exploration, Adventure, and Exercise
Like exercise, exploration and adventure are non-traditional, non-medicinal ways to help kids harness the power of their ADHD.
Interview With Entrepreneur and Water Rights Advocate Jenneth Fleckenstein
An interview with Jenneth Fleckenstein of Clear Water Filtration about healthy home water and her advocacy work for clean water in Honduras and Haiti.
5 Kid-Friendly Winter Activities That Double as a Workout
You might not think of these simple winter activities as a traditional workout, but there are excellent exercise benefits to all of them. Bonus: your kids will love being outside playing with you.
Dealing with the grief of a miscarriage is even harder when trying to manage the interplay of work and family life.
Our Kids' Health: To Wifi or Not to Wifi
The impact of lead poisoning is so widely accepted that several government programs exist to prevent lead poisoning in babies and young children, complete with an annual National Lead Poisoning Pre...
ADHD Misdiagnosis in Girls Has Profoundly Negative Consequences
ADHD symptoms are dramatically different in girls than boys.
In a new report out today, the World Economic Forum estimates that by 2020, 5 million jobs will be replaced by robots. The majority of those jobs belong to women.
Study: Teen Slang Isn't Ruining Language IRL
Think it's obvi that teens are destroying language with all their slang and internet acronyms? JSYK, according to new research, that assumption is old AF.
For better or worse, the man flu just got a whole lotta validation from some science-types. Know the facts, ladies. Knowledge is power.