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It’s not just drunken photos on FaceBook or MySpace that might come back to haunt your teen at job time, that you have to worry about. … Take a picture of a cheerleader, standing in front of their house, with the address showing. From just this one photo, any interested observer can find out just about everything they need to know. The neighborhood they live in, the economic class they belong to, the color and design of their cheerleader uniform and potentially the school they attend, how sophisticated or not they appear.
Category Archives: Health, Safety, and Medical
Dad Tip – Combing Wet Hair May Be Best Way to Find Lice – NYTimes.com
March 25, 2009 – 8:09 am
At our school, lice checks are always done in the morning, on dry-haired kids. Research, and practical experience, says that lice checks need to be done on wet hair, when you can see not only the nits (the eggs), but actual moving lice which spread the edidemic. living lice are the moving transmitters of the epidemic, and visual inspection found only 6 cases, while wet combing found 19. In other words, the odds of finding moving lice were about three times higher with wet combing.
Older Dads Father Dumber Kids?
March 10, 2009 – 7:35 am
A recently released study finds that children of older dads score lower on IQ tests even after weighing socioeconomic factors. Australian and US researchers analyzed test results of more than 33,000 US born children born to fathers between the ages of 14 and 66.
… The lead author, John McGrath says that he was surprised by the results, since a lot of the “blame” for DNA errors usually goes to older eggs in the mom.
From the “There but for the grace of God…” department
March 9, 2009 – 9:04 pm
Miles Harrison, 49, was an amiable person, a diligent businessman and a doting, conscientious father until the day last summer — beset by problems at work, making call after call on his cellphone — he forgot to drop his son, Chase, at day care.
… This is a particularly chilling article on how leaving babies in the back seat of cars to die in a closed car is a tragedy that happens to all sorts of people. … When airbags were put in cars, new laws required babies and children to move to the back seat, putting them out of sight, and sometimes tragically, out-of-mind.
Reducing pesticide exposure: which organics are best?
March 4, 2009 – 3:08 pm
What do peaches, apples, sweet bell peppers, celery, nectarines, strawberries, cherries, lettuce, imported grapes and pears all have in common? Research done by the respected Environmental Working Group (EWG) determined from 45 produce items these 10 typically have the highest amounts of residual pesticides. … Here are the relevant links for more info: http://www.foodnews.org http://www.planetorganics.com http://www.spud.com http://livepower.org
Pox Parties?
January 23, 2009 – 2:25 pm
A pox party is a party held by parents for the purpose of infecting their children with childhood diseases, most commonly chicken pox . Would you, could you infect your child with a disease, to avoid the controversial avoidance of childhood immunizations? {democracy:8}
Our intrepid mom and dad reviewers rate the Symmetry Sleep Positioner
December 12, 2008 – 2:44 pm
The challenge was, our active son actually rolled over by himself at 1 week, so was not likely to stay on his side. … In the months before he was able to really move on his own, we place him in the SSP within his crib, and he slept comfortably. The device stopped being useful once he could roll himself off of it, but by then he was moving enough that the flat head syndrome was not an issue.
More on BPA or Bisphenol-A.
November 25, 2008 – 12:19 am
2) Avoid washing plastic containers in the dishwasher or with harsh detergents, which can also cause BPA to break down and leach out more. … To learn more about BPA and plastics: http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/extract/300/11/1353 http://www.enviroblog.org/2008/03/bpa-questions-answered.htm http://pediatrics.about.com/od/hiddendangers/a/0108_env_chmcls.htm Thanks to the French American International School in San Francisco for this information and links. … We just got this set of Pyrex storage bowls – $29.95 at Amazon to replace all those old tupperware style plastic containers since microwaving and heating plastics appears to be the worst thing you can do.
Throw out the TV – that’s what happy people do
November 22, 2008 – 11:01 pm
While the study can’t definitively say it’s TV that makes people unhappy (versus “unhappy people watch a lot of TV), I think we all know all know it’s likely the former. … Whether it’s too much steak, vodka, gambling, drugs, or just lying around the beach for years (AKA “sloth,” another deadly sin), too much of a good thing is, well, too much of a good thing. … But reading this article, which can only confirm your suspicions, might help give me the strength to take the remote control in my hand and press OFF… well, maybe after just one more episode of the Backyardigans.
Cloth diapers and health risks by Alison Manes
October 2, 2008 – 10:05 am
Everyone needs to make the best informed choice on this “paper versus plastic-type” debate, but it’s in everyone’s best interest to know the facts.) Cloth diapering your young one’s bum is not only eco-friendly; it offers a solution to the highly absorbent chemicals found in disposable diapers. … 3 Sources: 1 http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu 2 Whitewash: Exposing Health and Environmental Dangers of Women’s Sanitary Products and Disposable Diapers, what you can do about it.