Category: children

Mom-of-8 Who Homeschools Her Children Says Seeing Them Grow Is a ‘Miracle to Watch’

A woman who home-birthed six biological children and adopted two has embraced life as a busy stay-at-home mom, homeschooling her tight-knit brood on the family’s small farm in upstate South Carolina. She says seeing each one of her children grow and learn is “truly a miracle to watch.” Kelli, 39, and her husband, Trey Ingram,…


Hope for Intractable Epilepsy Doesn’t Come From Drugs

I recently attended an online symposium for my son’s rare, super-refractory epilepsy syndrome: febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome. FIRES is considered one of the most catastrophic seizure conditions, typically occurring “out of the blue” in healthy children from 4 to 6 years old. New-onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE)  is the same syndrome but in young adults….


VIDEO: 2-Year-Old Calms Down Mom on Seeing How Old Photos Had Stirred Her to Tears

Rochelle Currie lives and works in the realm of beauty. The 32-year-old resident of Melbourne, Australia, and founder of beauty brand Nila Botanics, not only wildcrafts and sells organic beauty products, but she also has a perceptive eye for beautiful moments in life. Recently, she shared one of them on Instagram. Just like most mothers, Currie…


Adolescents Predisposed to Insomnia-Driven Depression

New Australian research indicates that adolescents’ vulnerability to insomnia increases their likelihood of developing depression. Led by Flinders University in Adelaide, the paper published in the journal Nature Reviews Psychology suggests that a combination of adolescent sleep biology and psychology makes young people vulnerable to developing depression. Lecturer at the School of Psychological Sciences at…


FDA Warns Against Use of Neck Floats After Death of Baby

Baby neck floats are under fire again after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned against their use in water therapies following the death of one baby and hospitalization of another in unsupervised usage. “Do not use baby neck floats for water therapy intervention,” the FDA wrote in a media statement released on June 28….


Vaccine in Children Only 48 Percent Effective Weeks After Second Dose

An Israeli study assessed the effectiveness of BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccination (Pfizer) against the Omicron variant in children 5 to 11 years old using a large health care database and found the vaccine effectiveness (VE) to be 48 percent 7–21 days after dose 2 for symptomatic infection. People with evidence of prior COVID infection by PCR, antigen, or serology test…


Investment Ideas for Kids: Starting Them Early

By Joseph Hogue Produced by Planner at Heart and syndicated by Wealth of Geeks As a parent, you may be looking for ways to help your child learn about managing money and building wealth. Investing is a great way to do this. With time and planning, your kids could be well on their way to…


No Safety Data to Back CDC’s Recommendation on Co-administering COVID-19 Injections and Other Vaccines in Children

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in updated guidance on June 24, says that children as young as 6 months may simultaneously receive COVID-19 injections and other routine vaccines on the same day, although no safety study has been conducted by the vaccine manufacturers. The guidance comes after the CDC recommended mRNA COVID-19 injections—a…


Vaccines for 6-Month-Olds ‘Makes Absolutely No Sense’: Dr. Jeffrey Barke

As the Biden administration rolls out vaccines for the nation’s youngest children (6 months to 5-year-olds), Dr. Jeffrey Barke, chief medical officer at the Convention of States, said there is absolutely no evidence supporting that these youngest children are at any serious risk of death from COVID-19 and should not get be broadly vaccinated. “I…


There Is No Basis for the FDA to Authorize COVID Vaccines for Toddlers

News analysis In a historically embarrassing decision, the FDA recently became the only international regulatory body to authorize the use of mRNA vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer for children aged six months to five years. For the overwhelming majority of young children and toddlers, there is likely no justification or need for this concerning authorization. They are…