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How To Work Out Safely During The First Trimester
Read More: How To Work Out Safely During The First TrimesterYou would never attempt to run a marathon without training. So why would you attempt to tackle labour and delivery โ a marathon in itself โ without preparing your body? Having a fit pregnancy has little to do with maintaining your figure and more to do with strengthening the key muscles used during birth. โLabour…
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Shannon Lee Shares Her Experience as an Empty Nester
Read More: Shannon Lee Shares Her Experience as an Empty NesterNew York Times bestselling author, educator, martial artist and CEO of The Bruce Lee Foundation, Shannon Lee, is a force with the grace of a butterfly. Her latest book, Be Water, My Friend, explores her famous fatherโs philosophies about personal growth. That experience may have helped prepare her for when her daughter, Wren, left home…
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For Overwhelmed Mothers, The Parent Hub Provides Much-Needed Relief
Read More: For Overwhelmed Mothers, The Parent Hub Provides Much-Needed ReliefThe postpartum period is a critical phase for new mothers, marked by significant physical, emotional and psychological adjustments. Studies underscore the essential role of community and social support during this time. However, after the short maternity leave, many mothers feel unsupported. This spurred mom Christie Buss to create her own support circle, now a sprawling…
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Adolescent, caregiving, Childcare, Healthy home, Medication safety, Otc medication safety, Otc medicine safety, Parenting, Parenting teens, Prescrption drugs
Wondering How to Safely Dispose of Old Prescription Medicines?
Read More: Wondering How to Safely Dispose of Old Prescription Medicines?April 22 is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Not sure what to do with all the medicine cluttering up your medicine cabinet? Old painkillers. Expired antibiotics. Piles of prescriptions or over-the-counter medicines you never finished for one reason or another. You know you have to keep them out of the hands of other people,…
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Whatโs Behind the US Baby Formula Shortage โ and How to Make Sure It Doesnโt Happen Again
Read More: Whatโs Behind the US Baby Formula Shortage โ and How to Make Sure It Doesnโt Happen AgainBy Steven A. Abrams, University of Texas at Austin A baby formula shortage has added to the woes of American parents already confronted with the pressures of raising an infant during a pandemic in a country ranked low for family-friendly policies. Media reports have highlighted the plight of mothers, fathers and caregivers across the U.S.…
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Eccema y los niรฑos: Quรฉ pueden hacer los padres para mantener saludables a sus hijos
Read More: Eccema y los niรฑos: Quรฉ pueden hacer los padres para mantener saludables a sus hijosCuando la hija de Laura Fellows tenรญa apenas 2 meses, esta madre primeriza notรณ unas manchas รกsperas, rojas y resecas en la piel de sus mejillas y atrรกs de sus rodillas. La piel parecรญa inflamada y la comezรณn de su hija no paraba. Afortunadamente, ya tenรญa agendada una consulta mรฉdica mensual para su reciรฉn nacida.…
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Adolescent, caregiving, Childcare, Healthy home, Medication safety, Otc medication safety, Otc medicine safety, Parenting, Parenting teens, Prescrption drugs
Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinet for National Prescription Drug Takeback Day
Read More: Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinet for National Prescription Drug Takeback DayApril 30 is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Not sure what to do with all the medicine cluttering up your medicine cabinet? Old painkillers. Expired antibiotics. Piles of prescriptions or over-the-counter medicines you never finished for one reason or another. You know you have to keep them out of the hands of other people,…
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Medical tests, Parenting, Parenting teens, Prevention, Preventive health, Real women real stories, Teen health, Vaccinations, Vaccines
A Thanksgiving Nightmare Ends in Gratitude
Read More: A Thanksgiving Nightmare Ends in GratitudeAs told to Erica Rimlinger That Thanksgiving, a stomach virus was going around. My son Jackson, a freshman at Bucknell University, returned to our home in Colorado a few days before the Thanksgiving holiday in 2017, perfectly healthy. But two nights before Thanksgiving, he started throwing up and spiked a fever. Wednesday night, he seemed…
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Access, Access to health care, Family, Health care, Health insurance, Healthy home, Parenting, Preventive health
Health Insurance Coverage for Kids Through Medicaid and CHIP Helps Their Moms Too
Read More: Health Insurance Coverage for Kids Through Medicaid and CHIP Helps Their Moms TooBy Sebastian Tello-Trillo, University of Virginia The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea When children get health insurance through Medicaid or the Childrenโs Health Insurance Program, known as CHIP, their families benefit too. Thatโs what I found through recent research conducted with two fellow health economists, Daniel S.…
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Eczema and Children: What Parents Can Do to Keep Their Kids Healthy
Read More: Eczema and Children: What Parents Can Do to Keep Their Kids HealthyWhen Laura Fellows’ daughter was just 2 months old, the first-time mom noticed some rough, red, dry patches of skin on her cheeks and behind her knees. The skin looked inflamed and her baby couldnโt stop itching. Luckily, she had a newborn monthly appointment already scheduled. At that visit, her daughter was diagnosed with atopic…
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Childcare, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Crohn’s, Crohn’s disease, Digestive disorders, Ibd, Inflammatory bowel disease, Parenting, Real women real stories
It Feels Surreal When Covid Hits โ but Itโs Very Real
Read More: It Feels Surreal When Covid Hits โ but Itโs Very RealLast New Yearโs Eve, I walked into my parentโs house after running errands and heard news Iโll never forget. My mom stood by the Christmas tree, tears flowing down her cheeks. โHeโs positive. Dad just tested positive for Covid.โ It felt surreal. It couldnโt be. My family of five had just spent two days hanging…
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Questions to Ask Your Childโs Healthcare Provider About Meningitis B
Read More: Questions to Ask Your Childโs Healthcare Provider About Meningitis BMedically reviewed by Dr. Shelley Kim Meningitis B is an uncommon but serious disease caused by the bacteria Neisseria meningitidis. Anyone can get meningitis B, but rates of the disease peak in adolescence, with the highest rates among teens and young adults 16-23 years old. Meningitis B can lead to an infection of the protective…
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Fast Facts: What Parents Need to Know About Meningitis B
Read More: Fast Facts: What Parents Need to Know About Meningitis BMedically reviewed by Dr. Karen Bonnie Meningitis B is an uncommon but serious disease caused by the bacteria Neisseria meningitidis. Five groups of Neisseria meningitidis cause bacterial meningitis: A, B, C, W and Y. Meningitis can lead to an infection of the protective lining of the brain and the spinal cord or an infection of…
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My Son Didnโt Commit a Crime When He Took His Own Life
Read More: My Son Didnโt Commit a Crime When He Took His Own LifeAs told to Nicole Audrey Spector On the day he died in 2016, my 20-year-old son, Austin, sounded like he was on top of the world. Talking with me over FaceTime, he gushed about his upcoming weekend plans, which included watching the Notre Dame game with his college buddies. โI love you, Mom,โ he said,…
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The Truth About Vaccines
Read More: The Truth About VaccinesMedically reviewed by Mary Koslap-Petraco, DNP, PPCNP-BC, CPNP, FAANP To turn captions on, click the “CCโ icon.
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End-of-Life Conversations Can Be Hard, but Your Loved Ones Will Thank You
Read More: End-of-Life Conversations Can Be Hard, but Your Loved Ones Will Thank YouBy Deborah Carr, Boston University Death โ along with taxes โ is one of lifeโs few certainties. Despite this inevitability, most people dread thinking and talking about when, how or under what conditions they might die. They donโt want to broach the topic with family, either, for fear of upsetting them. Ironically, though, talking about…
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Why Kids Shouldnโt Eat Added Sugar Before They Turn 2, According to a Nutritional Epidemiologist
Read More: Why Kids Shouldnโt Eat Added Sugar Before They Turn 2, According to a Nutritional EpidemiologistBy Lisa Bodnar, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences I remember a decade ago sitting in front of my 9-month-old daughter, who was in her high chair, and trying to spoon-feed her a pureed green vegetable. It didnโt matter if it was peas, green beans or something else, because the outcome was the same: I spooned…
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Rifts Between Older Mothers and Their Adult Children Usually Endure โ Even Through Divorce, Illness and Death
Read More: Rifts Between Older Mothers and Their Adult Children Usually Endure โ Even Through Divorce, Illness and DeathBy Megan Gilligan, Iowa State University At the start of every new year, individuals often make resolutions to change aspects of their lives that they find undesirable. For some, these promises to themselves may involve trying to mend broken family relationships. Well-meaning friends and family members may encourage estranged older parents or adult children to…
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Love Conquers All: My Journey as the Mother of a Transgender Daughter
Read More: Love Conquers All: My Journey as the Mother of a Transgender DaughterAs told to The Human Rights Campaign You might be interested inTransgender Childrenโs Rights Are Under AttackRemoving Barriers to Cervical Cancer Screening for the LGBTQ CommunityThe Other Side of the RainbowDanica Roem Is Transcending Gender
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Mourning After Mass Shootings Isnโt Enough โ a Sociologist Argues That Societyโs Messages About Masculinity Need to Change
Read More: Mourning After Mass Shootings Isnโt Enough โ a Sociologist Argues That Societyโs Messages About Masculinity Need to ChangeBy Darcie Vandegrift, Drake University Today, Dec. 14, marks the anniversary of the tragic loss of children and teachers at Sandy Hook. After any mass shooting, Americans hear politicians make the ritualistic call for โthoughts and prayers.โ Yet years after the killing of these 20 elementary students and six staff, school shootings continue to frequently…
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Most school shooters get their guns from home โ and during the pandemic, the number of firearms in households with teenagers went up
Read More: Most school shooters get their guns from home โ and during the pandemic, the number of firearms in households with teenagers went upBy Patrick Carter, University of Michigan; Marc A Zimmerman, University of Michigan, and Rebeccah Sokol, Wayne State University Four days before a 15-year-old sophomore killed four students and wounded others at a high school shooting in Michigan, his father purchased the firearm used in the attack. That the teenager used a weapon from home during…
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Iโm an Infectious Disease Doctor. Yes, Iโm Vaccinating Our 5-Year-Old Against Covid-19. Here Is Why You Should Too.
Read More: Iโm an Infectious Disease Doctor. Yes, Iโm Vaccinating Our 5-Year-Old Against Covid-19. Here Is Why You Should Too.Alexander Wong, University of Saskatchewan I am an infectious disease physician. When it is our turn to vaccinate our five-year-old son against COVID-19, I will do so with confidence and without hesitation. I am encouraging every parent with eligible children between ages five and 11 to do the same. Here is why. The U.S. Food…
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The FDA Authorizes Pfizerโs COVID-19 Vaccine for Children Ages 5 to 11 โ a Pediatrician Explains How the Drug Was Tested for Safety and Efficacy
Read More: The FDA Authorizes Pfizerโs COVID-19 Vaccine for Children Ages 5 to 11 โ a Pediatrician Explains How the Drug Was Tested for Safety and EfficacyBy Debbie-Ann Shirley, University of Virginia Elementary school children in the United States will soon have one more layer of protection to keep them safe from COVID-19. On Oct. 29, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration authorized emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11. The move came days after…
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Coronavirus, COVID-19, Depression, exercise, Healthy Eating, mental health, Nutrition, Obesity, Parenting, Weight Loss, Weight management
Kids With Obesity Need Acceptance From Family and Friends, Not Just Better Diet Tips, to Succeed at Managing Their Weight
Read More: Kids With Obesity Need Acceptance From Family and Friends, Not Just Better Diet Tips, to Succeed at Managing Their WeightBy Amanda Harrist, Oklahoma State University and Laura Hubbs-Tait, Oklahoma State University Hundreds of programs over the past four decades โ from the removal of junk food from school vending machines to Michelle Obama’s โLet’s Move” campaign โ have tried to get kids in the U.S. to eat healthier food and exercise more often. But…
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โDown to My Last Diaperโ: The Anxiety of Parenting in Poverty
Read More: โDown to My Last Diaperโ: The Anxiety of Parenting in PovertyBy Jenny Gold, Kaiser Health News For parents living in poverty, โdiaper math” is a familiar and distressingly pressing daily calculation. Babies in the U.S. go through six to 10 disposable diapers a day, at an average cost of $70 to $80 a month. Name-brand diapers with high-end absorption sell for as much as a…
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Children With Disabilities Face Special Back-to-School Challenges
Read More: Children With Disabilities Face Special Back-to-School ChallengesBy Heidi de Marco, Kaiser Health News LOS ANGELES โ Christopher Manzo, a boy with curly brown hair and bright-blue-and-yellow glasses, has lived a third of his five years at home because of the pandemic. And he is more than ready for kindergarten. Hand in hand with his mother, Martha Manzo, he walks into the…
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Simple Safety Tips for Trick-or-Treating After Fauci Greenlighted Halloween 2021
Read More: Simple Safety Tips for Trick-or-Treating After Fauci Greenlighted Halloween 2021By Meg Sorg, Purdue University The air is getting chillier, pumpkins are perched on porches and kids across the country are planning their spooky costumes. As a professor of pediatric nursing and a mom to four young children, I know the excitement and anxiety that pandemic holidays bring to children and parents alike. Halloween 2020…
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My Adult ADHD Diagnosis Changed How I Parent My ADHD Kids
Read More: My Adult ADHD Diagnosis Changed How I Parent My ADHD KidsAs told to Michele Wojciechowski October is ADHD Awareness Month. All my life, I knew something was different about me. School was always tough. When I was in elementary school, my teachers complained that I was either falling asleep in class or I was talking too much and unable to sit still. I couldn’t help…
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Adolescent, Anxiety, Body image, Depression, mental health, Parenting, Parenting teens, Research, Social media, Stress
Facebook Has Known for a Year and a Half That Instagram Is Bad for Teens Despite Claiming Otherwise โ Here Are the Harms Researchers Have Been Documenting for Years
Read More: Facebook Has Known for a Year and a Half That Instagram Is Bad for Teens Despite Claiming Otherwise โ Here Are the Harms Researchers Have Been Documenting for YearsBy Christia Spears Brown, University of Kentucky Facebook officials had internal research in March 2020 showing that Instagram โ the social media platform most used by adolescents โ is harmful to teen girls’ body image and well-being but swept those findings under the rug to continue conducting business as usual, according to a Sept. 14,…
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Women Face Motherhood Penalty in STEM Careers Long Before They Actually Become Mothers
Read More: Women Face Motherhood Penalty in STEM Careers Long Before They Actually Become MothersBy Sarah Thebaud, University of California Santa Barbara and Catherine Taylor, University of California Santa Barbara The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Unfounded assumptions about how motherhood affects worker productivity can harm women’s careers in science, technology, engineering and math long before they are โ or even…
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What Young Kids Say Worked โ and Didnโt Work โ for Them During Virtual Learning
Read More: What Young Kids Say Worked โ and Didnโt Work โ for Them During Virtual LearningMari Altshuler, Northwestern University On Aug. 30, 2021, my kid joined millions of children in walking through school doors as he began first grade. Despite the ongoing pandemic, school buildings are almost universally open. While there are many voices expressing health and safety concerns, policymakers have decided that the best choice for children’s well-being is…
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Why Students Learn Better When They Move Their Bodies Instead of Sitting Still at Their Desks
Read More: Why Students Learn Better When They Move Their Bodies Instead of Sitting Still at Their DesksBy Katie Headrick Taylor, University of Washington My son’s kindergarten teachers, holding class on Zoom last year, instructed: โEyes watching, ears listening, voices quiet, bodies still.” However, I noticed my 6-year-old’s hands would stay busy with items found around our house, building with Legos, shaping clay or doodling with a crayon. While some might describe…
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What Happens When the Covid-19 Vaccines Enter the Body โ a Road Map for Kids and Grown-ups
Read More: What Happens When the Covid-19 Vaccines Enter the Body โ a Road Map for Kids and Grown-upsBy Glenn J Rapsinski, University of Pittsburgh Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. How does a COVID-19 vaccine work in the body? โ Wixy, age 12, New York The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus,…
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7 Tips for LGBTQ Parents to Help Schools Fight Stigma and Ignorance
Read More: 7 Tips for LGBTQ Parents to Help Schools Fight Stigma and IgnoranceBy Abbie E. Goldberg, Clark University Many parents want to ensure that their kids are in classrooms where they and their families are respected and embraced. However, as a psychologist and researcher who has studied LGBTQ parents’ relationships with schools for over a decade, I have found that LGBTQ parents often have specific concerns when…
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Adolescent, Anxiety, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Depression, mental health, Parenting, Parenting teens, School, Stress, Teen
Students Are Returning to School With Anxiety, Grief and Gaps in Social Skills โ Will There Be Enough School Mental Health Resources?
Read More: Students Are Returning to School With Anxiety, Grief and Gaps in Social Skills โ Will There Be Enough School Mental Health Resources?By Sandra M. Chafouleas, University of Connecticut and Amy Briesch, Northeastern University Even before COVID-19, as many as 1 in 6 young children had a diagnosed mental, behavioral or developmental disorder. New findings suggest a doubling of rates of disorders such as anxiety and depression among children and adolescents during the pandemic. One reason is…
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What You Need to Know About Back-to-School Vaccines
Read More: What You Need to Know About Back-to-School VaccinesMedically reviewed by Janis Hogan, RN, NCSN
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Immunocompromised, Parenting, Parenting teens, Prevention, Preventive health, Vaccinations, Vaccines
Herd Immunity: What It Is and What It Has to Do With Your Child
Read More: Herd Immunity: What It Is and What It Has to Do With Your ChildTo Chalea Andrejko and her family, herd immunity is not only important. It’s 100% necessary because Chalea’s 14-year-old daughter, Erikah, has a weakened immune system. Erikah was only a few months old when she was diagnosed with biliary atresia, meaning she was born without bile ducts in her liver, which causes blockage of bile from…
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Coronavirus, COVID-19, Healthy home, Medical tests, Parenting, Parenting teens, Prevention, Preventive health, Vaccinations, Vaccines
Getting Caught Up on Back-to-School Vaccines
Read More: Getting Caught Up on Back-to-School VaccinesMorgan Aten’s son Isaac was due for his seven-year annual checkup in March 2020 โ just as the country was shutting down because of Covid-19. “We ended up missing it,” Aten said. But when Aten’s other son Arthur was due for his three-year checkup in July of last year, their pediatrician let Aten bring Isaac…
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Anxiety, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Healthy home, Medical tests, mental health, Parenting, Parenting teens, Prevention, Preventive health, Vaccinations, Vaccines
Tips for a Safe and Healthy Return to School
Read More: Tips for a Safe and Healthy Return to SchoolKate Schultz, a high school teacher from Madison, WI, has made back-to-school preparations many times since she started teaching 20 years ago, but never quite like this. Going back to the classroom looks very different in the age of Covid-19, and Schultz is planning accordingly. She knows her students may be stressed about the virus,…
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Adolescent, Anxiety, caregiving, Childcare, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Healthy home, mental health, Midlife parenting, Parenting, Parenting teens, Stress
5 Tips From a Play Therapist to Help Kids Express Themselves and Unwind
Read More: 5 Tips From a Play Therapist to Help Kids Express Themselves and UnwindBy Jessie D. Guest, University of South Carolina As many children go back to school after 18 months of global pandemic, social isolation and on-and-off remote learning, they too are feeling the additional stress and uncertainty of these times. Children need play to decompress and communicate in ways that are meaningful to them. Play is…
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Anxiety, Breastfeeding, Depression, Medication safety, mental health, Newborn, Parenting, Postpartum, Pregnancy, Prescription drugs, Real women real stories, Self-Care, sleep, Stress
When Postpartum Depression Hit, I Heard Only the Lies My Depression Told Me
Read More: When Postpartum Depression Hit, I Heard Only the Lies My Depression Told MeAs told to Erica Rimlinger After trying to conceive for over a year, my husband and I were thrilled when we learned I was pregnant with my daughter. I was so excited I read about natural ways to support my changing body, hired a doula and prepared for the birth. My pregnancy was a smooth…
