Parenting

Kellogg recalling Frosted, Unfrosted Mini-Wheats Bite Size cereal due to metal
Kellogg is recalling boxes of its Frosted Mini-Wheats Bite Size cereal and its Unfrosted Mini-Wheats Bite Size cereal because of fears they may contain metal fragments. The company says there was an issue with a manufacturing part and it's possible, but unlikely, that fragments of metal mesh may be...

 

Mercury exposure during pregnancy linked to ADHD symptoms
With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) diagnosis’s increasing in the United States, and ADHD being blamed for ever increasing behavioral and developmental performance problems in children across the country, pressure is on researchers to identify the cause of the malady. There ha...

 

A network of intergenerational Centers
A growing number of companies in the US allow parents to bring their babies to work, and care for them at their desk. Paid maternity leave is not a legal right in the US and many mothers go back to work after just a few weeks. However close to a quarter of women who go on maternity leave do not retu...

 

States with highest child care costs
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's most recent annual report, it now costs $234,900 to provide a child with 17 years of food, shelter and other necessities. For 2011, that broke down to an annual cost for two-parent, middle-income families of $12,290 to $14,320, depending on the child...

 

Seriously - Baby bikini-gate?
In what has been dubbed " Baby bikini-gate", Jessica Simpson has faced a backlash after sharing a photo of her baby girl, 4-month-old Maxwell, wearing a yellow knit two-piece over her diaper on "Katie," Katie Couric's new talk show. After the singer, actress and designer's interview aired Monday, in...

 
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