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OPINION

 To Help Your 
 Kids, Help 
 Yourselves 

Don't forget your relationship as you raise the children

Feb 5, 09 1:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Decades of research show that having kids puts strain on a marriage—but it needn’t be that way if parents remember that what’s best for them is often best for their kids as well, writes Stephanie Coontz in the New York Times. "Keeping a marriage vibrant... More »

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parenting • children • parents

Analysis

Identify Sperm Donors?
Risks May Outweigh Benefits

Medical history often crucial to children, but repository could discourage donors

Jan 27, 09 8:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Mindful that genetic profiling helps diagnose disease, US fertility clinics are looking for a way to give donor-conceived children access to their fathers’ medical records—without imperiling the industry, writes Cheryl Miller in Reason. A US registry appears imminent, though transparency laws in Europe have resulted in a huge drop... More »

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fertility • parents • sperm bank • sperm donors • fertility clinic

 Bummer Economy? 
 Move Home! 

More adult children are moving in with parents

Jan 13, 09 2:08 PM CST
(Newser) - A bleak job market and skyrocketing rents have college grads—even working adults—boomeranging back to their childhood homes, something that's fast losing its social stigma, the Boston Globe reports. About half of adults ages 18 and 24 live with their parents. More »

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children • parents • rent • unemployment • job market • economy • college graduates • financial crisis

New Maternity Leave Means Bring Your
Kids to Work

Firms go ga-ga over not losing mom for months

Jan 4, 09 6:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Every day can be bring-your-child-to-work day, the New York Times reports, as more companies are allowing parents to bring their babies into the office. The move helps moms and dads dodge the financial hit of parental leave while simultaneously spending time with their kids. “I have not heard anyone... More »

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parenting • work • children • parents • baby • office • working mothers • maternity leave

(Newser) - If you ended your holiday visit home with frayed nerves, blame your brain, not your brother's snoring, Discovery reports. Family members prompt activity in a different part of the brain from friends and strangers, a new study shows. Researchers used MRIs to look at subjects' brains while they viewed photos... More »

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parents • family • brain • research • siblings • MRI • scientific study

OPINION

The Kids Are All Right:
Let's Drop the 'Santa Debate'

Parents sharply divided on whether to pretend for sake of kids

Dec 21, 08 1:32 PM CST
(Newser) - As if shopping for the last Malibu Barbie weren’t hard enough, Christmas is testing parents' psyches in more insidious ways, Carl Honoré writes in the Washington Post. “The Great Santa Debate,” about whether to keep up the St. Nick myth for children, “feeds into a broader... More »

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parenting • children • parents • Christmas • Santa Claus

Online 'Pied Piper' Urges Followers to Ditch Families

Philosopher preaches that the parent-child relationship is artificial

Dec 13, 08 8:38 AM CST
(Newser) - A libertarian web philosopher who counsels converts to cut off contact with their families is being accused of operating a cult, the Toronto Globe & Mail reports. Stefan Molyneux preaches through his Freedomain Radio site that the parent-child relationship is inherently abusive and encourages troubled young people to break away.... More »

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Internet • families • parents • online videos • podcast • cult

Forget Paris: Baby Names
Go Traditional
in Glum '08

Except, of course,
for crazy celebs

Dec 7, 08 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - With doom and gloom dominating this year's headlines, new parents scratched Paris like a rotten Apple from the baby-name book in favor of more traditional monikers for their bundles of joy, Reuters reports. Individuality and moxie were shoved aside as classics like Jacob and Emma re-took the top of the... More »

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parents • baby • celebrity parents • Bronx Mowgli Wentz • baby name

ANALYSIS



 No Kidding: 
 Teasing Is 
 Good for Us 

More than just goofing, ribbing regulates relationships

Dec 6, 08 7:59 PM CST
(Newser) - A little teasing actually helps us all get along, Dacher Keltner argues in the New York Times Magazine. From the schoolyard to the NBA hardwood, America has come to oppose teasing, mostly because we too often confuse good-natured ribbing with bullying. “In rejecting teasing,” Keltner writes, “we... More »

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children • parents • romance • relationship • couples • social behavior

 Empty Nesters 
 Fly High 


Dec 4, 08 2:01 PM CST
(Newser) - With their children grown and gone, couples find their love lives more satisfying, new research reveals. Some of the 123 women in a long-term study switched partners and some remarried, but regardless, they were happier in their relationships after the child-rearing was complete. Marriages generally improve with time, and the... More »

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marriage • children • parents • retirement • aging • happiness

 Quake-Bereft Chinese 
 Sow New Baby Boom 

Parents who lost state-mandated only child rush to conceive again

Dec 4, 08 12:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Some parents who lost their state-mandated only child in China’s May earthquake—which crushed at least 19,000 students under shoddy school buildings—are rushing to conceive again, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Chinese government announced an exemption from its one-child policy for such victims, and more than... More »

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China • children • parents • Sichuan province • China earthquake • one-child policy

Forward-Facing Strollers Have Backward Effect

Heart rates, stress levels rise in infants who can't see parents

Nov 21, 08 4:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Parents who place babies in forward-facing strollers could be harming their child’s development, a study suggests. Infants in carriages who were not turned toward their caregivers were less likely to sleep, laugh, or interact with them, the Telegraph reports. The study also found that babies in away-facing carriages have... More »

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study • parents • stress • baby • infants • strollers

Parents Rate Online Report Cards an 'A'

Students can't hide, 'forget to bring home' real-time progress

Nov 3, 08 9:50 AM CST
(Newser) - As more schools embrace digital learning tools and assignment calendars, up-to-the-minute GPAs are going online as well. Students whose schools use online report cards don't have the chance of hiding a low test score, because their parents need only log on to see Junior's latest grades. But it can breed... More »

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education • parents • No Child Left Behind • grades • high school students • online report cards

China Admits Quake-Hit Schools Were Poorly Built

But government warns parents to silence criticism

Sep 4, 08 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Chinese official admitted today that shoddy construction led to the collapse of some schools during last May’s earthquake, which killed thousands of children. “The structures were not necessarily reasonable and the materials were not necessarily strong enough,” the chairman of the government’s quake probe conceded,... More »

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China • parents • construction safety • Sichuan province • China earthquake

Back-to-School Lists Bust Budgets

Cash-strapped districts turn to parents for 'communal' supplies

Aug 30, 08 6:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ever-expanding back-to-school lists are squeezing family budgets, the New York Times reports. The bill often tops three figures as school ask for pricey items like flash drives—often specifying the brand name. And many cash-strapped districts are turning to parents to provide supplies like paper towels, baby wipes and Band-Aids,... More »

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parents • student • back to school • school budget • school board

OPINION

Parents Not
Ga Ga Over Google Day Care

Workers fume over charmed company's plan to raise fees

Jul 5, 08 2:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - So much for Google the good. The search giant announced 2 months ago a plan to raise in-house day care prices by 75%—to about $57,000 a year for parents with two kids. Some workers wept when the news broke in secret focus group meetings. Now the company that... More »

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Google • children • parents • daycare

Dutch Hope US Model Will Integrate Schools

Plan was used during American civil rights movement

Jun 19, 08 1:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dutch leaders believe an integration program honed during the American civil rights movement can curb the racial and class divisions rampant in Amsterdam’s classrooms. Waves of immigrants have swept into the Netherlands, but they haven’t always mixed successfully with native Dutch, reports the Christian Science Monitor.... More »

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race • parents • Netherlands • school • Amsterdam • segregation • integration • Dutch government

 Summer Tips
 for Greener Kids 

Going outside would be a good first step

Jun 12, 08 10:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Summer is the perfect season to turn your rugrats into ecomaniacs, as warm weather and school vacations collide. Grist lists some basic steps to green up your family’s summer:
  1. Get outside: The best way to commune with nature is to experience it first-hand, but the time kids spend
... More »

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environment • parenting • environmentalism • parents • list • sunscreen • summer • green • farmers markets • eco friendliness

Abstinence Campaign Targets Parents

Advocates of embattled sex-ed program launch $1M drive

Jun 1, 08 6:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Abstinence-based sex-ed advocates have launched a campaign to rally a million parents to support the method, the Washington Post reports. The $1-million Parents for Truth campaign has sent e-mails pushing the approach to some 30,000 supporters and parents, with plans to to contact 100,000 more this week. The... More »

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parents • sex • sex education • abstinence education • teenager

 Autism Linked
 to Parents'
 Mental Disorders 

Parents more likely to be ill

May 6, 08 3:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new study of autistic children may provide insight into the causes of autism and its epidemic rates in developed countries. Researchers have found a link between autism and mental disorders among parents—including schizophrenia, personality disorders and clinical depression. Mothers and fathers diagnosed with schizophrenia are about twice as... More »

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depression • autism • schizophrenia • parents • University of North Carolina School of Public Health • Julie Daniels

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