Swimming lessons and parents’ vigilance are crucial for preventing drowning injuries and death among young kids.
Childhood
Are Your Kids Safe Alone at the Park?
Lenore Skenazy, an advocate of “free-range parenting” is proclaiming Saturday a self-declared international holiday: “Take Our Children to the Park…And Leave Them There Day.”
Want a Less Fussy, Easier-to-Soothe, Kinder Child? Make Music!
Learning to make music helps babies communicate better and amps up empathy in older kids.
Young Cancer Patients May Get a Boost — and a Visit — from Kelly Clarkson
The original American Idol was so starstruck by a video of children with cancer lip-synching to her song, “Stronger,” that she intends to swing by Seattle Children’s Hospital to meet them in person.
Q&A with Breast-Feeding Mom Jamie Lynne Grumet
A conversation with the woman on TIME’s May 21 cover
Why Maurice Sendak Insisted He Didn’t Write for Children
The famed author and illustrator — who died Tuesday — was among the first writers to capture the intense emotions of childhood, drawing heavily on imaginary worlds. Why, he wondered, do adults stop playing make-believe?
My Sister, My Surrogate: After Battling Cancer, One Woman Receives the Ultimate Mother’s Day Gift
Melissa Brown survived breast cancer at 26. Advised not to get pregnant afterward, she accepted with joy and trepidation her sister’s offer to be her gestational surrogate.
Dying Mom with Cancer Makes Final Effort to Stay with Her Kids
Alaina Giordano, the mother with breast cancer who has been fighting a public battle for custody of her children, is on the verge of entering hospice. She is asking her estranged husband to allow their children to relocate with her to Pennsylvania, where her extended family lives.
Why Kids and Tanning Salons Don’t Mix
Vermont and California are the only two states that ban kids under 18 from using tanning salons. Is it time for more states to follow their lead?
The Cost of Premature Birth: For One Family, More than $2 Million
A new report released Wednesday finds that 15 million babies worldwide are born prematurely each year. For any hope of prevention, preterm birth needs to raise its PR profile.
Q&A: Celeb Mom Jenna Elfman on Breast-Feeding and Buying Organic on a Budget
Actress Jenna Elfman recently hosted 60 new and expectant moms at her house for a crash course in non-toxic living and why breast-feeding is “awesome.”
Kids’ Health Roundup: Child Obesity and TV Ads, Parents’ Bad Math, and the Effect of Mom’s Stress on Babies
The Pediatric Academic Societies convened in Boston for their annual meeting starting Saturday. Here’s a quick update of some of the useful research presented.
Childhood in Two Minutes: Why a Dutch Dad’s Time-Lapse Video of His Kids Went Viral
Kids grow up so fast. One father figured out how to preserve the transition for posterity.