Childrens Health

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How Stressed Are Kids? More Than We Think

usatoday.com | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, American Psychological Association, Mental Health, Relationships, Children, Financial Crisis, Psychology, Anxiety, Children's Health, Stress Reduction, Living News

Worrying about school and about their family's finances are causing the most stress for kids, according to the American Psychological Association, whi...

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My October "Vacation"

Meredith Lopez | Posted 11.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Toddlers, Motherhood, Parenting, Children's Health, Brooklyn, Sick Children, Living News

Loose bowl movements, smashed birthday cake and the Bubonic Plague -- just another month the life of the Princeling.

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Tea Leoni: How UNICEF Became A Halloween Treat

Posted 10.30.2009 | Impact

Read More: Halloween, Children, Giving Back, Tea Leoni, Donating to Charity, Unicef, Giving, Children's Health, Trick or Treat, Impact News

I grew up under the impression that I was the best trick-or-treater in the whole wide world, because my grandmother invented it!...

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Let Kids Sleep Late On Weekends To Fight Fat

Yahoo! News | David Freeman, HealthDay Reporter | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Children, Health, Fat, Weight Loss, Obesity, Sleep Deprivation, Children's Health, Childhood Obesity, Sleep, Overweight, Living News

Letting children sleep late on weekends and holidays might help them avoid becoming overweight or obese, a new study suggests. Researchers in Hong ...

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Scary Stuff: Children's Halloween Face Paints May Contain Lead

Robyn Griggs Lawrence | Posted 10.29.2009 | Green

A new Campaign for Safe Cosmetics report reveals that some children's face paints contain heavy metals such as lead, nickel and cobalt that can cause lifelong skin sensitization and contact dermatitis.

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6 Million U.S. Kids Lack Enough Vitamin D

Yahoo! News | Steven Reinberg, HealthDay Reporter | Posted 10.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Vitamin D Deficiency, Children, Health, Vitamin D, Nutrition, Disease, Cancer, Childhood Nutrition, Children's Health, Living News

While the optimal amount of vitamin D is still subject to debate, a new study finds one thing is sure: over 6 million American children are getting to...

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Children of Prisoners: Innocent and At Risk

Pat Nolan | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: At-Risk Youth, Children, Incarceration, Prison, Abandonment, Raising Children, Abandoned, Families, Children's Health, Family, Adoption, Politics News

Maintaining the child-parent relationship during a parent's incarceration improves a child's emotional development and their behavior, and will help keep him or her from following their parent to prison.

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Michelle Obama Hula-Hooping Our Way To Health

Los Angeles Times | Andrew Malcolm | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Fitness, Michelle Obama, Children's Health, Michelle Obama Hula Hoop, Exercise, Health, Living News

It's a given that too many Americans are obese. They don't exercise enough. The good news is their flabby thighs are hidden by their drooping stomachs...

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Childhood Hyperactivity Linked To Shortened Nighttime Sleep

Modern Medicine | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Adhd, Childhood, Sleeping Well, Children's Health, Attention-Deficity-Hyperactivity-Disorder, Sleep, Living News

Children who are not able to sleep through the night are more likely to be hyperactive, with the risk especially high for boys with adverse family liv...

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Cloudy With a Chance of Allergies or Autism?

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Technofood, Michael Pollan, Robyn O'Brien, Dange-Ometer, Adhd, Autism, Bill Gates, Economist, Patent, Gmo, Children's Health, Health Care, Monsanto, Allergies, Allergy Kids, Living News

There are 26,000 food poisoning cases per 100,000 Americans, every year (an eye-popping 26% of the population). Compare that to only 3,400 cases in the UK, or 1,200 in France.

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Growing Movement to Get Kids Outdoors Includes Where the Wild Things Are

Deanna Neil | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Education, Teton Science School, Children, Earth Science Week, Be Out There!, Environment, Environmentalism, Nature-Deficit-Disorder, National Wildlife Federation, Where the Wild Things Are, Education Reform, Children's Health, No Child Left Inside, Living News

We want to get kids outside, but who should lead the way: teachers, parents or kids themselves? Deciding the best approach for reengaging kids with nature means knowing where the problem stems from.

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Artists Benefit New York AIDS Orphans Oct. 15th

Chris Norwood | Posted 10.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Aids-Orphans, Art Benefit, Children's Health, Conde Nast Building, Trees, April Gornik, Health People, Milton Glazer, Garry Trudeau, New York News

New York City has the most AIDS orphans of any city in the Western world -- but you'd hardly know. The city doesn't even count them, much less try to assist them.

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Where the Wild Things Really Are

Darell Hammond | Posted 10.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Living News, Personal Health, Children, Nature, Nature-Deficit-Disorder, Green Living, Children's Health, Outdoor Exercise, Childhood Obesity, Living News

In addition to great fun, outdoor play gives children the physical activity their growing bodies need, as well as the interaction that will help them to develop cognitive, social and emotional skills.

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The Privatization of Our Children

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: California, Child Welfare, Child Abuse, Rural America, Children, Non-Profits, Privatization, Child Protective Services, Foster Care, Children's Health, Living News

The question must be floated: can we as a society be engaged in privatizing our children?

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Cycling or Walking to School Will Not Be Tolerated!

William Volk | Posted 10.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Energy, Bicycle, Bicycling, Obesity, Cycling, Fitness, School Health, Children's Health, Childhood Obesity, Living News

More than 12.5 million children are overweight in the U.S., up from 13 % in 1999. One would expect schools to be encouraging students to exercise more. One would be sadly mistaken.

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More Than Half Million Kids React Badly To Drugs

AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 09.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Hospitalization, Kids, Children, Prevention, Health, Side Effects, Prescription Drugs, Antibiotics, Medical Treatment, Drugs, Medicine, Penicillin, Children's Health, Drug, Wellness, Living News

CHICAGO — More than half a million U.S. children yearly have bad reactions or side effects from widely used medicines that require medical treat...

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10 Best Playgrounds for Fun-Filled Adventures

Darell Hammond | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Parks and Recreation, Healthy Living, Living News, Children, Playground, Design, Community, Children's Health, Outdoor Exercise, Living News

Children spend their free time inside, lured by television and computers. If there was greater access to quality playspaces, more people would spend time outdoors.

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What's Wrong With Our Schools?

Jenifer Fox | Posted 09.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, Education, Teachers, Parenting, Education Reform, Children's Health, Learning, Living News

We teach the same topics in our schools today that we taught over one hundred years ago. Where did these subjects come from? How did we choose what to teach?

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The Happiness Doctrine

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 09.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Jim McDermott, House Ways and Means Committee, Children's Health, Children, Foster Care, Education, Congress, Child Care, Happiness, Living News

A new law is an amalgam of many of the best thoughts to be found in the foster care advocacy community and hinges on a common-sense yet revolutionary idea: that happiness is just as important as safety.

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Child Health as a Critical National Security Issue

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Insurance, National Security, Children's Health, Child Health, Health Benefits, Kids, Medicaid, Schip, Politics News

Our national security manpower needs -- as well as our nation's overall needs for healthy, educated citizens prepared to compete in a globalized economy -- are more serious than ever

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Spanking Is Bad For Children, Study Says

cnn.com | Elizabeth Landau CNN | Posted 09.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Raising Children, Parenting, Mental Health, Aggression, Relationships, Children, Children's Health, Discipline, Living News

A new study of more than 2,500 toddlers from low-income families found that spanking may have detrimental effects on behavior and mental development....

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Psychotropic Drugs: Parameter Introduced For Children And Adolescents

medicalnewstoday.com | Posted 09.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Mental Health, Children, Health, Psychotropic Drugs, Adolescents, Psychiatric Drugs, Psychology, Children's Health, Medicine, Practice Parameter on the Use of Psychotropic Medication in Children and Adolescents., Living News

The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is proud to announce its new practice parameter on the use of psychotropic medications...

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10 Tips for Discovering Your Child's Strengths

Jenifer Fox | Posted 09.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Strenghts-Based, Education, Parenting Tips, Child Psychology, Children, Talents, Strengths Movement, Strengths, Positive Psychology, Children's Health, Parents, Living News

5. Listen to children. They know their strengths better than anyone. But in order to listen effectively, you must ask a lot of questions.

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