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Study Finds Parents Can Allow Babies to Cry at Night

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:13:48 +0000

Babies can be exhausting enough during the day, but when they cry throughout the night the so-called bundles of joy can leave their parents cranky and depressed.

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Depressed Fathers Could Impact the Mental Health of Their Kids

Shauna Wright — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:33:29 +0000

Volumes of research have been done showing that depressed mothers can negatively affect the health and well-being of their children. But what about depressed fathers?

Researchers at the New York University School of Medicine found an increased rate of mental health problems in children whose fathers had depressive symptoms.

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Shocking or No? Spankings Are Still the Norm for Half of Americans

Kathy Landin — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:00:31 +0000

Back in the ’60s, corporal punishment was common practice for a shocking 94 percent of parents in the US. While a lot of us may find this number unsettling, just as many don’t. In fact, half of all parents today admitted to punishing children by “spanking on the bottom with a bare hand” to a telephone poll conducted by the National Institutes for Mental Health.

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Kids Whose Parents Drink and Drive More Likely to Do It Themselves — Health Check

Shauna Wright — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:48:47 +0000

Want to keep your kids from drinking and driving? A new study says not doing it yourself is a good start.

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Should an Obese Child Be Taken From His Parents? Some Authorities Thought So and Did

Kathy Landin — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:00:44 +0000

A boy in Cleveland, OH, who weighs more than 200 pounds, was taken from his mother by authorities last week. Officials were forced to remove the third-grader from his home when caseworkers decided that his mother’s inability to reduce his weight constituted medical neglect.

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Depressed Fathers Can Cause Behavioral Issues in Kids — Health Check

Shauna Wright — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:00:58 +0000

A study of 20,000 US families found kids with fathers suffering from depression are more likely to have emotional and behavioral problems than other children.

Michael Weitzman at the New York University School of Medicine, who authored the study, said these findings are especially important at a time when unemployment is high and some military dads are returning from Afghanistan and Iraq with emotional wounds.

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Couple Arrested for Stealing Sandwiches, Lose Custody of Daughter [VIDEO]

Kathy Landin — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:00:51 +0000

Police took custody of a Honolulu couple’s 3-year-old daughter after they were arrested for stealing $10 worth of sandwiches in a local Safeway, even after they offered to pay for the food.

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Parents Who Gave Kids Nazi Names Lose Custody Battle

Kathy Landin — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:00:20 +0000

The parents of three children, who gave each of them Nazi names, including Adolf Hitler, have finally lost custody of all three kids.

On Thursday, a New Jersey appeals court ruled that the children, who have been in foster care, should not be returned to the couple due to evidence of domestic violence in the home. The court has returned the case to family court for further reconsideration.

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Eight Percent of Parents Regret Their Child's Name — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:00:54 +0000

Naming a child is usually the first big decision a new parent makes, and one that almost one and ten would like to do be able to do again.

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Parents Warned Against Using Bumper Pads in Cribs

Shauna Wright — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:00:26 +0000

In its latest guidelines for doctors, the American Academy of Pediatrics is advising against the usage of bumper pads in cribs, saying they may increase the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS.

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Fatherhood Can Cause a Drop in Testosterone Levels

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:00:06 +0000

In the first study of its kind, researchers compared the testosterone level of men when they were single and childless to their testosterone level after they had had a child.

While testosterone always decreases when men age, the decline was much more pronounced among the men who had become fathers.

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Eleven Things Every Expecting Father Should Take To the Hospital

Tom McCarthy — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 03:18:45 +0000

So, there I sat, minding my own business watching my favorite show when she came bursting into the room.

"Have you packed your bag yet?!"

"Are we going somewhere?" I responded.

"Your hospital bag!"

For anyone who has ever seen a movie involving pregnancy, it is no secret that every expecting mother should have a "Go Bag" ready weeks in advance. What only the experienced parents know is that every expecting father should have the same things. My wife and I are expecting our fourth child in about three weeks, so I've been around the block a couple of times. Here are eleven things that every father should remember to take to the hospital when mom goes into labor.

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Parents Choose to Keep Child's Gender Secret from Friends, Family

Tom McCarthy — Tue, 24 May 2011 15:52:40 +0000

A co-worker posted about this story on Facebook and I just knew that I had to pass it along.

David Stocker and Kathy Witterick of Toronto have decided to keep the gender of their third child, named Storm, an absolute secret from not only the public at large, but from their friends and family as well.

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