Home & Family

Tailored Parenting Advice in the Comfort of Home
- Home & Family
- December 11, 2012
Many websites are now offering online parenting classes run by counselors, psychologists and professors. These classes give parents a more personalized way of learning than what they would find from simply reading a book. The Wall Street Journal, 11/13/2012
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How to Deal When Your Adult Children Have Setbacks
- Home & Family
- December 10, 2012
Playing the role of parent changes considerably when the kids grow up and begin to really live lives of their own, but it doesn’t mean your motherly or fatherly responsibilities are gone. Mom Susan Engel talks about her struggle and how she dealt with her son's pain as she watched him endure setbacks. Learn the ways
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Helping Parents Score on the Homework Front
- Home & Family
- December 3, 2012
The type of parental help a child needs with homework is determined by that child's age, research shows. Should parents stay up half the night with procrastinating kids to help them finish research papers or let them face the consequences? The answer seems to be that it depends on how old the kids are, because
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Embracing Children for Who They Are
- Home & Family
- November 12, 2012
Contrary to popular belief, children are not born a blank slate. Rather, they come into the world with predetermined abilities and temperaments that parents may be able to foster or modify, but can rarely reverse. The New York Times, 11/5/2012
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Kids see silver lining in wake of Superstorm Sandy
- Home & Family
- November 5, 2012
Despite the ocean of worry brought on by superstorm Sandy, some children are able to look at the bright side. Some kids have reported a renewed appreciation for their parents, for example. Matthew Hill, 16, says, "Actually, it's changed me a lot. It makes me look at life differently — what I have, you know?" CBS News,
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Grandparents need to be better informed when caring for kids
- Home & Family
- October 29, 2012
A study presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics conference says some grandparents are relying on old data and unintentionally putting their grandkids' health and safety at risk. As part of a survey about safety for children, many grandparents in the study answered incorrectly when asked questions about things like car seats and safe sleeping
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Hospitals Ditch Formula Samples to Promote Breast-Feeding
- Home & Family
- October 22, 2012
Health authorities and breast-feeding advocates are leading a nationwide effort to ban formula samples, which experts say can sway women away from breast-feeding. New York Times, 10/15/2012
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Consumer Watchdog: Trampoline Danger
- Home & Family
- October 16, 2012
100,000 people are hurt every year as the popularity of this family pastime soars. ABC World News, 10/14/2012
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Three Generations Gather for End-of-Life Conversation
- Home & Family
- October 10, 2012
Diane Sawyer reports that more and more people are talking about the need for families to have "the conversation" about end-of-life care. Her news segment and the accompanying article show how this kind of conversation plays out in the case of one particularly loving family. ABC News, 10/9/2012
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The Perils of Texting While Parenting
- Home & Family
- October 2, 2012
Are too many parents distracted by mobile devices when they should be watching their kids? A recent rise in injuries, reversing the longstanding trend, has doctors worried the answer is yes. The Wall Street Journal, 9/29/2012
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Letting Children Share in Grief
- Home & Family
- September 26, 2012
As Rabbi Grollman, 87, who wrote the influential 1967 book “Explaining Death to Children,” said, “Thirty years ago, there was the idea that children couldn’t understand… But now, after a death in the family, many parents allow children to see their grief… We try to avoid fairy tales and half-truths.” After all, avoiding the reality
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BPA Linked to Childhood Obesity
- Home & Family
- September 20, 2012
Studies suggest that BPA, a chemical used to prevent corrosion in the lining of cans and bottles, can make fat cells bigger and disrupt the balance of estrogen and testosterone in our bodies. NBC News, 9/18/2012
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Parents Can Let Sleepless Babies Cry It Out: Study
- Home & Family
- September 14, 2012
A new study released today in the journal Pediatrics suggests it is OK to let babies cry while trying to fall asleep — a finding that may help settle a long-running debate among both parents and experts over whether allowing a baby to cry itself to sleep harms the child in the long run. ABC
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Detox Your Home, The Pretty Way
- Home & Family
- September 7, 2012
The average American home contains over 500 chemicals. Indoor air tends to be up to five times more polluted than outside air. Check out these ten ways to create a toxin-free, beautiful home – without the use of bulky air purifiers or filtration systems. EcoSalon, 9/5/2012
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Chemicals Banned From Toys Lurk in School Supplies
- Home & Family
- August 31, 2012
"While phthalates have been banned in children's toys, similar safeguards don't yet exist to keep them out of lunchboxes, backpacks and other children's school supplies," Mike Schade of the Center for Health, Environment and Justice, which released the report Sunday, said in a statement. Phthalates have been linked to chronic conditions like asthma, diabetes, and
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