Hospitals Fail in Support of Breastfeeding, CDC Says: Across the country, just 14 percent of these institutions have a model written breastfeeding policy in place, and the majority give infants food or drink other than breast milk when it’s not medically necessary, according to the agency’s August issue of Vital ...

Little People, Lots of Pills: Experts Debate Medicating Kids: The most common reasons for use of antipsychotics by children are intellectual disability, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and disruptive behavior disorder. But children’s conditions could be misdiagnosed and drugs prescribed for minor symptoms, experts say. Putting kids on multiple drugs could put ...

Farm Living Could Arm Kids Against Asthma: Kids who grow up on traditional farms are 30% to 50% less likely than other children to develop asthma, a new study shows. But it’s not the fresh country air. It’s the germs. (USA Today) BOB Strollers Recalled Over Strangulation Risk: More than 350,000 ...

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Kids Say The Darndest Most Racist Things “Well, I thought to myself. That’s the last time we let our kids watch American History X before bed.” (Dadwagon) Bristol Palin Calls Teen Motherhood ‘hard work’ What is the best kind of sex education? Abstinence only or comprehensive? (MSNBC) On Sandlot Day, Children Call ...