The supermom blues
Would supermoms be happier if they let go of the expectation that they can do it all? A new study suggests that working mothers who believe they can successfully juggle work and family are more likely...
View ArticleTaking concussions more seriously
In the past five years, brain experts have learned more about concussions than in all the previous years put together. It’s now known that a concussion is actually a mild form of brain injury, with...
View ArticleFree-range kids
Do kids fare better emotionally, socially and physically when they’re allowed plenty of unstructured time to play? Children don’t benefit from being overly programmed, researchers contend in a series...
View ArticleBoys and body image
Is Michael “The Situation” Sorrentino and his fabulous abs really all that? Maybe not, according to the teenage boys who were interviewed extensively for a newly published study on young men and male...
View ArticleWhen families clash during the doctor visit
Family togetherness is usually a good thing but sometimes it’s a source of conflict, and new research suggests doctors can be slow to recognize when families disagree about the best course of care. A...
View ArticleThe kids are going vegan
Children’s books aren’t usually known for being controversial, but a new book about kids and veganism has touched off a storm of debate about everything from hunger to animal cruelty to large-scale...
View ArticleFor better health, give a child a book
Years ago, when I was in grade school, a relative mailed us a boxful of books one summer. They were the Dr. Seuss classics – “The Cat in the Hat,” “Horton Hears a Who,” “If I Ran the Circus,” “The …...
View ArticleSchool lunch and the vegetable strategy
Offer fruit and vegetables on the school lunch menu and kids will be inspired to try them, like them and maybe even start eating them on a regular basis – or so the theory goes. But a new study has …...
View ArticleMutiny in the lunchroom
In “We Are Hungry,” one of the latest You Tube videos to gain widespread attention, high school students are turned away empty-handed from second helpings in the cafeteria, collapse during volleyball...
View ArticleParents, overweight kids and a minefield of blame and judgment
When Dara-Lynn Weiss wrote an article for Vogue magazine last year about putting her then 7-year-old daughter on a diet, she created a firestorm of controversy. “One of the most (bleeped) up, selfish...
View ArticleMoving in with the adult children
Are middle-aged adults ready to have their aging parents move in with them? Sort of, but if the results of a recent survey are any indication, many adult children anticipate there will be some...
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