PFAS are finding their way into “green” and “nontoxic” products, especially waterproof products marketed toward children and adolescents, according to new research. The new study, published today in Environmental Science & Technology, shows that some children’s products with “green” or “nontoxic” labeling contain PFAS, which stands for per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances—a group of toxic chemicals used in…
The Baby Effect
Most women know the downsides of having children later in life, but the positives often get overlooked. One of the major upsides is that women who have children later in life may live longer than childless women or women who have children at younger ages. That’s what a 2015 study, published in the journal Menopause,…
Living With Children: How to Settle Kids’ Dispute
By John Rosemond From Tribune News Service Q: Our sons are 6 and 4. When their same-age cousins come over, they all go down into our basement to play. Invariably, within 30 minutes, my youngest comes upstairs crying because his older brother is causing the cousins to gang up against him. I end up going…
Summer Structure: Tips for Parents
Summer is almost here. Those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer are oh-so-welcome after a laborious school year. The first few days of sleeping in with no alarm, spending all day doing whatever you feel like, and eating ice cream for dinner provide a much-needed release for parents and kids alike from the daily grind….
Australian Cancer Council Slammed For Woke School Lunch Campaign
The New South Wales (NSW) Cancer Council’s “ditch the ham sandwich” campaign for students’ school lunches has been met with intense backlash from around the Australian state with critics slamming the advertising campaign as “politically correct messages” that had gone “too far.” The NSW Cancer Council’s leaflets on the “ditch the ham sandwich” campaign were sent…
8 Children Killed in Vehicle Accident in Egypt’s Nile Delta
CAIRO—At least eight children died Saturday when a passenger tricycle overturned and sank in an irrigation channel in Egypt’s Nile Delta, authorities said. The accident took place in the city of Itay el-Baroud in the Mediterranean province of Beheira. The children were workers at a factory in the city, around 140 kilometers (87 miles) north…
10 Important Tips on How to Treasure the Little Moments with Your Kids
“Now that I am an adult, I can share these things with you.” Ugh, like a punch in the gut! Had my daughter really just said that? An adult? Really? When did this happen? This year had been like a one-two punch. First, my daughter turned 20. (How could I possibly have a daughter in…
More UK Schoolchildren Depressed During Pandemic, Says Study
The COVID-19 pandemic and the introduction of lockdowns in Britain led to an extra 60,000 secondary school children in England tipping over into clinical depression, according to researchers from University College London (UCL). The report said children reporting depressive symptoms such as low mood, loss of pleasure, and poor concentration rose by six percent after…
3 in 4 US Children Have Had COVID-19: CDC Estimate
Three of four children in America have had COVID-19, along with over six in 10 young adults, according to new estimates. Research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that only a quarter of children 17 and younger have no signs of having had COVID-19. The research, which analyzed blood samples submitted for…
Pfizer, BioNTech Ask FDA to Authorize COVID-19 Vaccine Booster for Children Aged 5–11
Pfizer and BioNTech on Tuesday asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to grant emergency use authorization for a booster for their COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5- to 11-years-old. Earlier this month, the companies released data from a mid-to-late stage study that they said showed a boost in antibodies from a third dose…
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