Kids grow up so fast. One father figured out how to preserve the transition for posterity.
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No Kids Allowed: Malaysia Airlines Corrals Children Under 12 into Special Zone
Do airlines really need kid-free zones?
Family MattersParenting
Tamiflu Made My Kid Hallucinate. I Think the Flu is Preferable to Delirium
My 9-year-old son took Tamiflu and became a child possessed. I’d never heard about this potential side effect, which appears to be most common in kids.
Family MattersFamily
Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg Leaves Work at 5:30. Should You?
Facebook’s COO makes the case that there’s nothing shameful about leaving work at 5:30 p.m. every day to eat dinner with your kids. Does she get special dispensation because of her status?
Family MattersObesity
64 Calories a Day: What Kids Need to Cut to Reverse the Obesity Trend
Researchers analyzed historical data on children’s height and weight and calculated that the childhood obesity rate will rise to 21% by 2020 unless children eat less, exercise more or both.
Family MattersChildhood
Why Are Parents Less Likely to Take Little Girls Outside to Play?
Preschool children aren’t getting enough time outdoors. Girls suffer most: they’re 16% less likely than boys to be taken outside to play by their parents.
Family MattersParenting
The Agony of Forging the Perfect Summer Camp Schedule for Kids
Summer vacation may be fun for kids, but it’s a headache for working parents who need to research an encyclopedia’s worth of options for camp.
Family MattersParenting
Why an Easter Egg Hunt Brought Out the Worst in Helicopter Parents
Easter egg hunts are for kids. But when pushy parents in Colorado muscled their way in and grabbed all the eggs — for their children, of course — an annual hunt was canceled.
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A Girl is Punished to Death in Alabama: Does Running Count as Corporal Punishment?
Savannah Hardin, 9, dies after being made to run for three hours for lying about eating a candy bar. With her grandmother and stepmother charged with murder, will parents consider anew how to punish children?
Family MattersChildhood
A History of Kids and Sleep: Why They Never Get Enough
Even a century ago, children were getting less sleep than experts recommended.
Family MattersParenting
Why I Took My 7-Year-Old to a Tattoo Parlor
Thinking about getting your kid’s ears pierced? Why a reputable tattoo parlor may be safer than using the piercing gun at the mall.
Family MattersChildhood
Study: Child Abuse Affects More U.S. Kids than SIDS
Parents are usually the perpetrators of abuse, largely because they are unprepared to deal with kids’ crying. How a little education could help reverse the trend.
