Parenting in the News
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A new health tip every weekday from the physicians at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).
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A blog about the day-to-day issues for woman trying to manage her roles as parent, wife, and PhD student. Written by a friend and former Graduate Fellow of the Grad Student Center.
NewsforParents.org
Named "Best of the Web" by New York Public Library. Updated daily, we provide clear, concise, jargon-free news and information related to children's health, development and education.
Panel Advises Flu Shots for Children Up to Age 18
The recommendation expands by about 30 million the number of children who should get annual influenza shots.
"The Parent Rap": Why Having Babies in Grad School Matters
A Conversation with Mary Ann Mason, author of Do Babies Matter?
Exploring the Causes of Autism
Penn Nursing Releases First Results in National Autism Research Effort
As part of one of the best-funded and longest running federal studies to determine the prevalence and causes of autism, the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia announced the first findings about the prevalence of autism.
Four- to Eight-Year-Olds More Likely to be Injured in Crashes than Younger Children
State Farm and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia released the second Partners for Child Passenger Safety (PCPS) Fact and Trend Report from the world's largest study of children in automobile crashes.
Baby Talk: It's Much More Sophisticated than You Think
In his new book, "The Infinite Gift: How Children Learn and Unlearn the Languages of the World" Charles Yang describes how children learn their native language through a sophisticated process of trial and error.
Office Hours: Staying Healthy during the School Year
Physician Kevin M. Fosnocht, an assistant professor of clinical medicine at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center answers questions about staying healthy and managing stress during the school year.
One Baby or Two?
Penn Sociologist Looks at Effect of Having Second Child
Do you like me as much as I like you?
Penn Sociology Professor Grace Kao studies what it means to have a friend, who befriends whom and whether having a best friend translates into better grades in the middle and high school years.
Bungee-Powered Backpack Can Lighten Your Load
Penn researchers have announced details for a suspended-load ergonomic backpack that reduces the force of a backpack's load on the wearer. This could benefit schoolchildren, since heavy book bags have been linked to muscle and orthopedic injury.
Childhood Obesity Indicates Greater Risk of School Absenteeism
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University have found that overweight children are at greater risk of school absenteeism than their normal-weight peers.
Study Shows Lower Cesarean Rates Associated with Preventive Labor Induction
Study showing lower cesarean rates associated with preventive labor induction challenges conventional belief that this practice leads to increases in c-sections
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