kid health
Study: Direct Link Between Childhood Obesity and Dining Out
In an economic crisis, it would seem natural for children to be eating at home with their families while parents attempt to manage their budgets, but researchers reveal that kids are eating very few of their meals at home.
Kids Say Cereal with Cartoon Packaging Tastes Better
Oh, greeeeeeeeeeeeaaaat. It looks like Tony the Tiger, Toucan Sam and Snap, Crackle and Pop aren't going to mascot heaven anytime soon. A new study proves that kids think cereal with cartoon characters on the box taste better.
Have a Cell-Free Halloween
Are you sure you're doing everything to protect your kid on Halloween?
GLBT Teens NEED To Know 'It Gets Better'
SIX -- count 'em, SIX -- gay teenagers were driven to suicide by bullies THIS WEEK ALONE. Something has to be done ... and the likes of Ellen DeGeneres, Perez Hilton and Dan Savage are taking action and telling teens, "It Gets Better."
Help! My Baby Won't Eat!
Insurance Companies Dump Kids' Coverage! WTH?!
So much for doing right by this nation's children: When Obama's law barring insurance companies from denying coverage to kids with preexisting conditions goes into effect, some insurance companies will respond by denying children, PERIOD. This latest d-bag move is a total outrage!
Two-Thirds of Gay High School Students Feel Unsafe
Just when you thought kids were becoming more open-minded and tolerant of others, a survey by GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, shows we still have a long way to go.
Babies on Antipsychotics?!
A recent New York Times article put forth some disturbing research: Over half a million children and adolescents are on antipsychotic drugs -- drugs that can seriously affect their mental and physical development. And a good number of them don't really need to be on these meds ....











