

More and more girls are participating in team sports, which is great. But what's not so great is how it's ravaging their growing bodies ... especially the ligaments in their knees. Pediatrician Dr. Gwenn cries foul.

Moms spend big bucks on a prom night limo because they don't want their kids--or kids' friends--driving drunk. But what happens when the chauffeur they hire has been hitting the bottle? Here's how to make sure your teen's limo is safe.

If you've ever had a gut feeling about someone who's around your child, read this. A momlogic expert helps kids (and parents) identify a potential red flag in another person's behavior.

Julie W.'s momlogic: Kids and parents at my daughter's preschool are breaking out in rash from an illness I never heard of before: Fifth Disease.
All moms dread the e-mails from school warning of cases of strep, pink eye or--even worse--lice. But I just got a new one in my in-box recently, warning me of Fifth Disease. I didn't even know what Fifth Disease was! Anything with "disease" in the title certainly didn't sound good.

What if doctors performing IVF could tell which embryos would turn into healthy babies?
A team of international scientists may have just figured out how to do exactly that. According to a study in today's online journal Human Reproduction, testing in vitro fertilization embryos with DNA fingerprinting could someday predict which embryos are most likely to result in successful pregnancies.


The new kid's version of Beyonce's House of Dereon line-- too trashy for tots?
Last time we checked, little girls probably shouldn't be rockin' a pair of red high heel pumps unless they're playing dress-up...like a hip-hop hooker. Click here to see the ad.

His parents have to take shifts watching him.
A 3-year-old boy who never sleeps--how can his mom possibly deal? We're short-tempered enough when our kids sleep 8-10 hours a night. Imagine if they only slept 8-10 minutes...


Hottest baby names influenced by Hannah Montana, American Idol and America's Next Top Model. Seriously.
A growing trend among new parents is to name their infants after pop singers and reality television stars. Move over, Madison.
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