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Dad pays teen to quit Facebook

Dad pays teen to quit Facebook

A Wellesley, Massachusetts father is paying his daughter to quit Facebook.

Why mum went on strike at home

Why mum went on strike at home

A Canadian mother who decided she had had enough of the household chores explains what happened when she went on strike.

Boobs at Applebee's: Nationwide "Nurse-In" Saturday

In reaction to a mother being accosted by the manager of an Applebee's in Georgia for breastfeeding her child, nursing moms everywhere have united and have organized a nurse-in this Saturday at all Applebee's restaurants. On September 15, Dawn Holland was nursing her baby in an Applebee's in Covington, Georgia, ...

Mom uses Facebook to discipline daughter

Mom uses Facebook to discipline daughter

An Ohio mother changed her daughter's profile to highlight her bad behavior.

'Have a Heart' foster care and adoption fair tomorrow

RENO -- Washoe County Social Services Have a Heart and One Church One Child have teamed up to host an important community event on foster parenting and adopting foster children.   County staff will be on-hand to answer your questions at North Valleys Community Park, Grand Room, 8085 Silver Lake ...

Birth defects

Birth defects: what they are and how they happen Birth defects are health conditions that are present at birth. Birth defects change the shape or function of one or more parts of the body. They can cause problems in overall health, how the body develops, or in how the body ...

History

A president's cause changed babies' lives forever President Franklin Roosevelt's personal struggle with polio led him to create the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis at a time when polio was on the rise. Better known as the March of Dimes, the foundation established a polio patient aid program and funded ...

Breastfeeding: 11 things that may help

Have you decided to try breastfeeding, at least part of the time? You can nurse a baby anytime, anyplace with nothing but your own breasts, of course. "Breastfeeding is a simple, beautiful, natural process, and it often succeeds without a lot of gadgets," says pediatrician Ann M. Witt, MD, IBCLC, ...

Breastfeeding OK for moms with asthma

New moms with asthma can safely breastfeed without worrying that the practice will increase their child’s asthma risk, a new study shows. Researchers followed children in the United Kingdom from birth until around age 12 to assess the impact of breastfeeding, if any, on lung development. They found that kids ...

Having small babies may raise heart risk in moms

March 14, 2012 -- Women who give birth to small, full-term babies may have an increased risk for heart disease decades later, new research shows. Delivering a small baby was found to be a strong, independent predictor of heart disease later in life in a new study led by researchers ...

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