Mass confusion after MAP, Inc. loses federal funding to run Head Start centers in northern Mississippi
Nearly 2,000 families may be without child care at the start of this school year after dozens of child care centers run by Mississippi Action for Progress in northern Mississippi have not reopened after losing their federal funding. Mississippi Action for Progress Inc., an administrator of Head Start pre-kindergarten centers, has lost funding to run […]
Light exercise could be the key to reversing childhood obesity linked to sedentariness
Increased sedentary time as a child through adolescence is directly linked to childhood obesity, but new research has found light physical activity may completely reverse the adverse process. The study — conducted in collaboration with between University of Exeter, University of Eastern Finland, University of Bristol, and University of Colorado and published in Nature Communications […]
The 1 Overlooked Sign Your Kid Is Having Anxiety
LOADINGERROR LOADING Parents often expect an anxious child to display classic signs of anxiety like excessive worry or fearfulness. But there’s another common symptom that often gets missed or mistaken for something else. “As adults, we tend to see anxiety as ‘worrying’ in a very cognitive and intellectual way,” clinical psychologist Martha Deiros Collado — […]
Maria Menounos Welcomes ‘Miracle Baby’ Via Surrogate After Cancer Battle
Maria Menounos is over the moon after welcoming her first child, a baby girl, via surrogate last month. In an Us Weekly story published Wednesday, Menounos, a former E! News correspondent, talked about her “miracle baby,” Athena Alexandra, and explained what it’s like to finally be a mom after a 10-year struggle with infertility and […]
6 Myths About ADHD Medication We Need To Stop Believing
Giving your child any new medication can be nerve-wracking, but when doctors refer to it as a stimulant and it’s classified as a controlled substance, it’s particularly understandable to feel uneasy. Further compounding these fears is the general stigma around mental health conditions and the belief that if a problem is “in your head,” then […]
After 17 Months As A Nurse, I Had To Walk Away. You Need To Know The Real Reason Why.
via Getty Images As a child, I practiced brain surgery on my Cabbage Patch doll, Sally. Because I wasn’t allowed to use knives, I used a red pen as a scalpel, drawing my incisions on her head. I already knew then that I would one day be a nurse, as I would inform the ones […]
Should Child Acting Just Be Banned Already?
Illustration: Damon Dahlen/HuffPost; Photos: Getty/Alamy When Alexa Nikolas was a 12-year-old child star on Nickelodeon’s “Zoey 101,” she felt uncomfortable around the show’s creator, Dan Schneider. “My childhood brain was just like, ‘I don’t like being around this person, I don’t feel my best around this person, I don’t feel safe around this person,’” she […]
Opinion | The Agonizing Decision of Caring for an Abusive Parent
“My parents abused me as a child. I went ‘no contact’ with them over 10 years ago, but now my dad is in the hospital with a serious diagnosis and the discharge planner keeps asking me to be involved. I don’t want to. What are my rights?” I read the lengthy message several times, feeling […]
Child Molestation Charges Land Seattle-Area Doc With a Suspended License
A King County physician had his license suspended amid allegations of child molestation, the Washington State Department of Health announced earlier this week. In August, Lu Gao, MD, PhD, was arrested and charged with one count of second-degree child molestation-domestic violence and one count of third-degree child molestation-domestic violence in King County Superior Court, according […]
Kid Homicides Surge in COVID; Physician Work Hours Drop; Vasectomies Up Post-Roe?
Note that some links may require subscriptions. The U.S. child homicide rate has been increasing around 4% each year since 2013, but skyrocketed by 28% during the first year of the pandemic. (JAMA Pediatrics) Firearm injuries among kids also surged by 52% during COVID, according to a research letter in JAMA Pediatrics. An independent review […]