Researchers posed as minors to investigate compliance rates in 42 states and the District of Columbia with laws restricting tanning bed use by minors and they report an overall noncompliance rate of 37 percent, according to an article published in October 2017 by JAMA Dermatology. A release from the publisher reports that most states have… Continue reading Do Tanning Salons Comply with State Laws Restricting Access to Minors?
Category: Parenting
Testing the Field: How to Spark Your Kids’ Interest in Sports
Kids benefit from athletic involvement in so many ways. Sports are a great way to socialize, learn about healthy competition, get exercise and fresh air, and just have fun. But it can be difficult for some kids (and their parents) to find the sport that fits just right. For some kids, playing a sport can… Continue reading Testing the Field: How to Spark Your Kids’ Interest in Sports
How Relationships with Parents and Children Change as We Age
It’s a universal truth that we take things for granted, especially when we’re young. Even though we know that it’s not logical, a part of us believes our parents or mentors will always be there when we need them. And we can’t wrap our mind around the idea that one day our children may have… Continue reading How Relationships with Parents and Children Change as We Age
Keep Calm and Parent On: Teachable Moments at Sporting Events
Sports offer a fun and rewarding way for kids to learn some key life lessons. From the importance of following rules and directions to the value of practice and commitment, sporting events introduce children to some of the workings of the world—often without them even knowing it. As with any enrichment activity, they’re a key… Continue reading Keep Calm and Parent On: Teachable Moments at Sporting Events
8 Ways to Stop Your Medically Complex Child From Being Bullied
Young people living with serious health conditions face challenges their peers can’t even comprehend. You’d think their classmates would cut sick kids some slack. Sadly, that is not the case. Teasing someone for a difference that already limits them is just mean, but we all know that kids can be cruel. Study after study after… Continue reading 8 Ways to Stop Your Medically Complex Child From Being Bullied
Early Youth Specialization and Over Training: What Every Parent Should Know
Kids around the country are playing organized sports more than ever today. In fact, The National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) reports that youth in the country participating in sports went from around 18 million in 1987 to 60 million in 2008. While that’s good news, because of the many benefits that can be gained… Continue reading Early Youth Specialization and Over Training: What Every Parent Should Know
Extending the Limits of Fertility: Rethinking Mosaic Embryos
Medical breakthrough happens when professionals think outside of the usual boundaries, and question accepted practices. A good example of this is transpiring right now in the field of reproductive medicine! In the late 1990s, in vitro fertilization (IVF) providers began incorporating a new, cutting-edge test, called preimplantation genetic screening (PGS). Hailed as a revolutionary tool for… Continue reading Extending the Limits of Fertility: Rethinking Mosaic Embryos
Major Study Reveals Sperm Counts of Western Males Drops Significantly Over 40-Year Period
While male longevity has increased by an impressive 25 years over the past century, startling new research has revealed that while men may be living longer, diminishing sperm rates may mean there could be fewer men – and women – living in the future. This bleak prognosis of human reproduction is just one takeaway from… Continue reading Major Study Reveals Sperm Counts of Western Males Drops Significantly Over 40-Year Period
Back to School: Is Your Child’s Behavior A Cry for Help?
You get a call from school. Your child talked back to their teacher and ran out of the classroom. Is your child willfully disobeying, or is their misbehavior a cry for help? According to the education advocates at Brain Balance Achievement Centers, a holistic, drug-free approach to addressing behavioral, social, or learning difficulties in kids,… Continue reading Back to School: Is Your Child’s Behavior A Cry for Help?
Parents Not Confident Schools Can Assist Children with Chronic Diseases & Mental Health Issues
If your child had an asthma attack during the school day, would school personnel know how to respond? Which staff at your child’s school would recognize and assist an elementary student with prolonged sadness over his parents’ divorce? Or a teen who was struggling with anxiety about academic pressure? Just 38 percent of parents are… Continue reading Parents Not Confident Schools Can Assist Children with Chronic Diseases & Mental Health Issues
Teens Are Growing up More Slowly Today Than in Past Decades
Many people believe that teenagers today grow up faster than they used to, while others argue that today’s youth are growing up more slowly, perhaps due to overprotection by their parents. A study onducted by researchers at San Diego State University and Bryn Mawr College, and published in September 2017 in the journal Child Development.… Continue reading Teens Are Growing up More Slowly Today Than in Past Decades
Parents, Teenagers and the Dangers of Online Dating
When most of today’s parents were teenagers, they developed their romantic crushes on the person they sat next to in algebra class, bumped into in front of their school lockers, or spotted at the next table in the cafeteria. But these days, teens in search of a date for Saturday night can find romance online,… Continue reading Parents, Teenagers and the Dangers of Online Dating
6 Things We Need To Stop Saying To Bereaved Parents
I know the gut-wrenching, hollow feeling left behind when a child is taken too early. It’s a feeling that mothers have experienced recently and throughout the last few years after tragic attacks in Orlando, Manchester, London, San Bernardino, Calif., and Charleston, S.C., just to name a few. With every new tragedy, vigil, story on the… Continue reading 6 Things We Need To Stop Saying To Bereaved Parents
Medication Safety: Advice for New Parents – and Grandparents!
If your family has recently welcomed the addition of a precious newborn, make sure you know how to administer medications safely should the need arise. Grandparent alert: Don’t rely on your memory of bringing up your own brood! Advice may have changed. Your health care provider can be a great resource. A good time to… Continue reading Medication Safety: Advice for New Parents – and Grandparents!
Co-Parenting Communication: Rebuild Trust With Your Ex
You and your ex may have had your differences in the past, but let’s face it—you’ll never really “get along” now or anytime soon. Despite your differences, the fact is, while you two no longer have a romantic relationship, you do have children together. Which means you both need to put your differences aside and… Continue reading Co-Parenting Communication: Rebuild Trust With Your Ex
Delaying Middle School & High School Start Times Is Beneficial to Students
An position statement from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) published in the April 15th issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine asserts that the school day should begin at 8:30 a.m. or later for middle school and high school students. A release from AASM reports that data show that later start times… Continue reading Delaying Middle School & High School Start Times Is Beneficial to Students
6 Reasons To Stop Feeding Your Kids and Grandkids “Kid Food”
According to the National Institutes of Health, on any given day one-third of children and 41 percent of teens eat from a fast-food restaurant. They also report that the restaurant meals often served to kids contain too many calories. The typical “kid food” being offered tends to usually include chicken nuggets, fries, macaroni and cheese,… Continue reading 6 Reasons To Stop Feeding Your Kids and Grandkids “Kid Food”
Parenthood Linked to Longer Life, Especially for Men
Parenthood is associated with a longer life than childlessness, particularly in older age, when health and capacity may start to decline. That’s the finding of research published online in March 2017 in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. A release from the publisher notes that the findings suggest.that by the age of 60, the… Continue reading Parenthood Linked to Longer Life, Especially for Men