Fri, January 27, 2012

Parenting Update Around the Web

 

Does Calling American Kids Too Fat to Fight Help or Hurt Them?

Posted 1 year, 8 months ago

As would be abundantly clear to anyone who’s been reading the news for the past decade, we have a problem with obesity in this country. A problem so serious, in fact, that the U.S. surgeon general has called it an “epidemic.”

The Atlantic’s recent cover story, “Beating Obesity,” sums up the…

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And the Worst Toy of the Year Award Goes To . . .

Posted 1 year, 9 months ago

According to the journal Pediatrics, the average young American is exposed to over 3,000 advertisements a day. This is a lot! It is so many it is almost hard to fathom. I can hardly remember three advertisements I saw yesterday, and this makes me feel like the 2,997 other ads I saw but don’t…

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Something Else to Worry About: Expert Claims “Cry-it-out Sleep Training” Can Cause Brain Damage

Posted 1 year, 9 months ago

Parenting expert Penelope Leach has a new book, and it’s already making waves for its claim that so-called “cry-it-out sleep training” can cause brain damage. According to Dr. Leach, scientific tests show that when a baby’s cries go unanswered, his brain begins to produce the stress hormone…

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