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Grandparents Share Brutally Honest Opinions About Modern Parenting

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The practices and norms around raising kids shift over time, with each generation of parents redefining an age-old role. Sometimes, this shifts are based on new research, technologies or cultural trends; other times, they’re a response to how the previous generation did thing, BuzzFeed reported (via Yahoo! News). Millennials and younger Gen-Xers with kids today are generally parenting in a more conscious way than their own parents did. For better or worse, they have a lot more information, advice, and opinions at their fingertips than the parents who came before them. Because each generation has their own perspective on the … Continue reading →

81% Of Adults Favor Parental Consent For Minors To Use Social Media

More than 40 states and the District of Columbia are suing Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, alleging its platforms purposefully use addictive features that harm children’s mental health, Pew Research Center reported. Amid this news, U.S. adults and teens are more likely to support than oppose requiring parental consent for monitors to create a social media account and requiring people to verify their age before using these platforms, according to a pair of new Pew Research Center surveys. But adults are far more supportive than teens of these measures, as well as limiting how much time minors … Continue reading →

CSPS Warns Consumers To Immediately Stop Using 5in1 Rocker Bassinet

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning customers to immediately stop using 5in1 Rocker Bassinets because they pose suffocation, strangulation, and fall hazards to infants.  The bassinets fail to meet the safety requirements of CPCS’s Infant Sleep Products Rule. The products do not conform to the safety requirements for bassinets and lack required markings, labeling, and instructions. The bassinets and their packaging also lack a tracking label containing certain information, such as the date of manufacture, required for children’s products including durable infant or toddler products. The importer, Rev Grace Import Inc., of Pleasant Hill, Missouri, is not … Continue reading →

Social Security Lists Top Baby Names 2022

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The U.S. Social Security Administration provided a list of the top baby names for a given year. The list is separated into “Male Name” and “Female Name”. The list of the most popular baby names for 2022 has been released!  Top 2022 Male Names were: Liam, Noah, Oliver, James, Elijah, William, Henry, Lucas, Benjamin, Theodore Top 2022 Female Names were: Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia, Sophia, Isabella, Ava, Mia, Evelyn, Luna KTLA posted a news article titled: “These were California’s most popular baby names in 2022” From the news article: Twenty years ago, the most common names given to babies born … Continue reading →

Study: Parents Can Significantly Influence Child’s Mental Health

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Parenting styles that included physical discipline and overcontrolling behavior, referred to as “hostile” parenting, were found to nearly double the risk for their children to develop mental health symptoms, according to a new study, ABC News  reported. The study was published in the medical journal Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, followed over 7,500 children in Ireland from 9 months old until they were up to 9 years old.  Children who were exposed to hostile parenting at age 3 were 1 1/2 times more likely to have high-risk mental health symptoms and 1.6 times more likely to have mild-risk mental health symptoms … Continue reading →

$600,000 Worth Of Minion Beanie Babies Sent to LAUSD

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What would you do if your kids came home from school with Beanie Babies that were themed after the Despicable Me franchise? Several parents may be wondering who sent nearly 75,000 of them to the Los Angeles Unified School District, Insider reported. The donation came from a nonprofit that typically serves homeless shelters and food banks. According to Insider, the mysterious arrival of the stuffed animals was three years in the making, beginning when 11 semi-trucks-worth of the toys arrived at a warehouse for the nonprofit, Shelter Partnership. Over that time, the donor’s identity has remained a secret. And the … Continue reading →

Beware Of Peeps Made With Red Dye 3

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Families that celebrate Easter tend to obtain pastel colored baskets and plenty of Easter candy for their children to find on Easter morning. One thing parents need to be aware of is the type of dye that is included some of the most iconic Easter candies. Consumer Reports posted a news release titled: “Popular Peeps Easter candy is made with cancer-causing Red Dye 3”. From the press release: Consumer Reports is alerting consumers that the purple and pink Peeps candies popular this time of the year for Easter are made with Red Dye No. 3, a known carcinogen. Earlier this … Continue reading →

Some Kids Are Not Attending School

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Some parents have noticed that their child, pre-teen or teenager have been avoiding going back to school. NPR posted an article titled: “3 years since the pandemic wrecked attendance, kids still aren’t showing up to school”. In other words, there are many parents out there who have kids that are unable to attend school.  According to NPR, Hedy Chang, the executive director of Attendance Works, says she hasn’t seen the kind of recovery she’d hoped for. “I think people had been a little bit under the false impression that when COVID became more endemic, that that would result in a … Continue reading →

Hershey Canada Releases Limited Edition HER for SHE Bars

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In celebration of International Woman’s Day, Hershey Canada has partnered with Girl Up to launch five limited-edition HER for SHE chocolate bars. Now available across Canada, each bar highlights a young Canadian woman taking action to build a more positive future. This is part of a global initiative from The Hershey Company, which has been ranked as the World’s Top Female Friendly Company, to shine a light on the voices of more women making an impact in their communities. To further this commitment to a more equitable future, Hershey’s Canada has also pledged $40,000 to Girl Up, an organization providing … Continue reading →

FDA Plans To Reduce Contaminants In Baby Food

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced Closer to Zero. It is the FDA’s goal to reduce dietary exposure to contaminants to as low as possible, while maintaining access to nutritious foods. The agency’s work to date has resulted in significant progress in reducing exposure to environmental contaminants from foods and Closer to Zero builds on this progress. The FDA has prioritized foods commonly eaten by babies and young children because their smaller body sizes and metabolism make them more vulnerable to the harmful affects of these contaminants. To meet the goals of Closer to Zero, they have focused … Continue reading →