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Plannng A Holiday Visit With The Kids

Buttoned Up 13 days ago

Divorce is hard enough on kids, but the holidays tend to make things even more painful. Divorce is hard enough on kids, but the holidays tend to make things even more painful. The fact that other families are gathering to celebrate and ...

Breast feeding may not alter older kids' health

Reuters US Online Report Health News 17 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Exclusive breast feeding for up to 6 months, though beneficial for an infants' immunity and mothers' weight, may not alter children's health risks over the long term, study findings hint. Dr. Michael S. Kramer, at The Montreal ...

Good Ideas to Get Kids Moving

Buttoned Up 19 days ago

It can be tough to think of fun things to do to get out and about as the days get colder and/or darker. If you’re finding that the DVD, TV, or computer (or all three) is working overtime to entertain your kids, ...

Premature births worsen US infant death rate

AP News 20 days ago

Premature births most to blame for high US infant mortality rate, government says Premature births, often due to poor care of low-income pregnant women, are the main reason the U.S. infant mortality rate is higher than in most European countries, a government ...

UN launches plan to fight pneumonia among children

AFP Global Edition 21 days ago

The World Health Organisation and UN child agency launched a global action plan to fight pneumonia, which kills some 1.8 million children under five every year. "Since we know what interventions work, we need to urgently implement them" to combat the ailment ...

Cluttered home? Blame your genes

Reuters Life! Online Report 25 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - People who have a compulsive urge to collect and clutter their homes with junk can partly attribute their problem to genes, according to a British study. Researchers from King's College London used a twin study to find ...

Styling Mom

Buttoned Up 25 days ago

Most moms have enough trouble staying on top of their family schedules and the demands of keeping the house together and functioning. If you add a career to the mix, you can pretty much leave keeping up with the styles and trends ...

Officials suggest legislators wed single mothers

Reuters US Online Report Oddly Enough 25 days ago

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian legislators in the poor conservative Muslim northeastern state of Kelantan should marry single mothers to help care for their children, a state representative suggested. The state's family and health committee chairwoman Wan Ubaidah Omar said that legislators ...

Genes key in compulsive urge to hoard

Reuters US Online Report Health News 25 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who have a compulsive urge to collect and clutter their homes with junk can partly attribute their problem to genes, a new study confirms. In a twin study, researchers found that genetic predisposition explained a large ...

Not fun: study finds playgroups can make mums feel guilty

Reuters Life! Online Report 25 days ago

PERTH (Reuters Life!) - Mums, beware the playgroup. An Australian study has found they can make mothers feel even more guilty than usual by allowing mothers to compare themselves, and their children, to others and find faults. The study, by psychology and ...

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