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To Curb Obesity, Give Babies Finger Food

Don't feed them pureed meals: study

(Newser) - Babies may face a lower risk of obesity if they feed themselves finger food when they're first learning to eat solids, a study suggests. Researchers found that babies who were spoon-fed pureed food developed more of a propensity for sweets than did their finger-fed counterparts; the kids who munched...

Twin Birth Rate Up 76% in 30 Years

Increased infertility treatments and older moms behind the rise

(Newser) - The number of twins has surged in the past 30 years, according to a new government study. The twin birth rate went from 189 out of 10,000 births (or 1 out of 53) in 1980 to 333 out of 10,000 births (or 1 out of 30) in 2009—...

Passers-By Rescue Kids in Icy River Crash

Bystander shoots out window with handgun

(Newser) - At least ten good Samaritans leaped into an icy Utah river to rescue three children trapped in a car that had careened off a road. A defense contractor used a handgun to shoot out a car window and cut a seat belt to help free the kids. The driver had...

6-Year-Olds Rule: Middle Childhood Getting Its Due

Experts giving new attention to span between toddler and teen years

(Newser) - The New York Times today sings the praises of middle childhood, that often overlooked stage from about age 5 to 13. Preschoolers and angsty teens may get all the attention, but kids in this age group are undergoing a stage of development whose importance is only now becoming evident to...

Strep Throat Linked to OCD, Tics
 Strep Throat 
 Linked to 
 OCD, Tics 
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Dec 17, 2011 7:00 PM CST

Strep Throat Linked to OCD, Tics

Bacteria may unleash host of neurological problems in some

(Newser) - Strep may be causing much more than a sore throat among children. The powerful bacteria could be triggering a host of neurological problems from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder to nervous tics, anorexia, and hyperactivity, some scientists believe. Millions of US children develop strep throat each year, and most cases are quickly...

Children and Teenagers Not 'Sexting' Graphic Images Very Often: Study
 Teens Not Chronic 
 'Sexters' After All 
study says
Dec 5, 2011 3:57 PM CST

Teens Not Chronic 'Sexters' After All

Only 10% of children aged 10 to 17 have 'sexted': study

(Newser) - So much for pervy teens flooding each other's cell phones with naked images. Despite the prevalence of reports on teen "sexting," it seems only 10% of kids aged 10 to 17 have texted sexual photographs—and just 1% have texted images graphic enough to violate child porn...

Girl, 3, Left Alone 2 Days After Mom Dies

She lived off food in the fridge until she was found

(Newser) - After her mother died for unknown reasons, a 3-year-old New Zealand girl was on her own in the house—and managed to survive until she was rescued. Shylah Silbery spent two days living off of milk, cheese, and lasagna she found in the refrigerator, the AP reports. “She got...

Steve Jobs OKed Bio So His Kids Could 'Know Him'

'I wasn't always there for them,' he told biographer

(Newser) - Steve Jobs authorized a biography of himself so his four kids could "know him," author Walter Isaacson reveals in Time . "I wasn't always there for them, and I wanted them to know why, and to understand what I did," Jobs told Isaacson in their final...

Hospital Study Exposed Kids to Lead: Lawsuit

Study placed children in poisonous homes, lawsuit says

(Newser) - Poor black children in Baltimore were exposed to "dangerous levels" of lead during a 1990s housing experiment, a new lawsuit claims. Families in the class action suit say the Kennedy Krieger Institute knowingly placed children in houses with high levels of lead-paint poisoning, the Baltimore Sun reports. But the...

To Succeed, Students Might Need to Fail First

School administrators wrestle with how to teach character

(Newser) - Traditional measures of success in high school—GPAs, standardized-test scores—aren’t always good predictors of a successful future. That’s why the heads of two very different schools in New York City are searching for a way to mix character into the education equation. In a lengthy New York ...

SpongeBob Bad for Kids? Sorry, Weenie Scientists

He's a great, lovable role model: Mary Elizabeth Wiliams

(Newser) - A new study suggests SpongeBob is a menace to kids' attention spans, but he won't be disappearing anytime soon from the TV screens in Mary Elizabeth Williams' house. "The study—and the response to it—say much about adult expectations of children," she writes in Salon . Kids...

Real Madrid Signs Argentine Ace, 7

Spanish club beats rivals to prodigy

(Newser) - Seven-year-old Argentinean soccer ace Leonel Coira has been snapped up by one of the sport's biggest clubs. The prodigy has been signed by Real Madrid and will start training with its youth team next month, AP reports. Team officials say they they made their move for the boy, whose...

Israel Jails Over 800 Palestine Youth In Five Years
 Israel Jails 
 Rock-Tossing 
 Palestinian Kids 
SAYS HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP
Jul 18, 2011 5:16 PM CDT

Israel Jails Rock-Tossing Palestinian Kids

Treatment disproportionate to the crime, says group

(Newser) - Israel's military has detained and tried more than 800 Palestinian youths and children over the past five years for throwing rocks at Israeli soldiers, jailing most of them, said a report released today. The Israeli rights group B'Tselem counted 835 minors who were charged with rock throwing from...

Restaurant Bans Your Noisy Kids

Pa. eatery shooting for a quieter dining experience

(Newser) - No shirts or shoes will get you no service in most restaurants—and one Pennsylvania eatery is adding little kids to the no-no list. Seems McDain's in Monroeville, hoping for more ambience and less squalling in its dining room, has banned even the most angelic human offspring under the...

Lori Gottlieb: Caring Too Much Can Land Kids in Therapy
Too-Perfect Parents Are Landing Kids in Therapy
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Jun 19, 2011 6:45 AM CDT

Too-Perfect Parents Are Landing Kids in Therapy

Loving, supportive parents leave kids ill-equipped for adulthood, Lori Gottlieb writes

(Newser) - Working as a therapist upended everything Lori Gottlieb thought she had learned about parenting, she writes in an Atlantic piece certain to stir a Tiger Mom-sized controversy. Gottlieb found many depressed, anxious patients on her couch—who instead of recounting their horrible childhoods, waxed poetic about their loving parents who...

Bounce Houses Take Flight, Injuring 13

Strong wind blows three castles away

(Newser) - Some 13 kids were injured when three bounce houses blew away in the wind on Saturday, taking flight with the children still in them. “It was the craziest thing you ever saw,” said a parent at the Oceanside, New York, kids’ soccer tournament that was hit by powerful...

Americans Having Fewer Kids
 Americans Having Fewer Kids 
Jun 3, 2011 3:00 PM CDT

Americans Having Fewer Kids

Households with dogs outnumber those with kids

(Newser) - Maybe we should call this the Baby Bust. Census data indicates that America’s love affair with children is waning, with the percentage of the population that’s under age 18 falling in 95% of counties between 2000 and 2010, USA Today reports. There are now more households with dogs...

Why We Can't Remember Being 2

Researchers investigate the science of early memories

(Newser) - Why is it that we struggle to remember events from before we were 3 or 4 years old? Canadian researchers found that 4- to 6-year-olds remembered events from age 2 or younger as their “earliest memories,” but two years later had largely forgotten them and named a different...

Syrian Forces Torturing, Killing Kids: Opposition

More than 25 kids and teens among the more than 1,000 dead

(Newser) - Syrian opposition groups say more than 25 children and teenagers have been killed in the government's crackdown in Syria—some of them after "severe torture." The Local Coordination Committees, a group that helps to organize protests, put out a statement identifying kids aged 5 to 17 who'...

Freeze Tag, Kickball Unsafe: New York State

Games added to 'significant risk' list for summer camps

(Newser) - It’s not just fun and games: Freeze tag, kickball, and Wiffleball all come with a “significant risk of injury,” say New York state authorities. Even Red Rover and Capture the Flag have been labeled dangerous on a new risky activities list, the New York Daily News reports....

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