A highly regarded British medical journal, The Lancet, has issued a rare public retraction of a 1998 paper that sparked a firestorm about potential links between vaccines and autism.
Children in the U.S., Britain and many other Western countries are usually given the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine at age 1. But when researchers, led by Dr. [...]
We live in a hypersexualized culture where young girls already want to be ’sexy’ even while still believing in Santa Claus. Sharon Maxwell’s new book The Talk: What Your Kids Need to Hear from You About Sex is a fantastic resource to help parents understand today’s youth sexual culture and jump start a productive dialog [...]
Stacey Anvarinia called police to report that her boyfriend had assualted her. While police were conducting their investigation, they noticed that Anvarinia was drunk and that she was breastfeeding her 6-week-old baby. Police arrested the woman and charged her with child neglect.
Since then, the blogosphere has erupted in debate about whether drinking while breastfeeding is [...]
Florida lawyer, Andrew Meynhart was arrested Friday in Cocoa Beach and charged with stealing $100,000 from his 9-year-old client.
Meynhart doctored his financial records and never gave the boy the money he was awarded in a 2006 lawsuit. Authorities do not know where the money is at this time.
The Florida Bar revoked Meynhart’s license to practice [...]
Florida’s 3rd District Court of Appeals recently handed down a ruling that weakens Florida’s strong protection for victims of childhood sexual abuse and protects those who enable the abusers.
In Rodriguez v. Favalora, the court ruled that Florida law does not allow victims who remember their childhood abuse later in life to file suit against those [...]
Sexting has been hot in the news recently due to some over enthusiastic law enforcement officials arresting teenagers and charging them with violating laws that were designed to protect them.
The Vermont Legislature is the first among the states to do the right thing and update its child pornography laws to bring them in line with [...]
Children’s hospitals are treating more sports injuries in children caused by overuse. While most parents behave reasonably when it comes to pushing their children too far, a growing number find it difficult to let go of their dream for their children to play pro or college sports.
These parents, and the overzealous coaches and sports leagues [...]
The rich and powerful tourism industry here in Florida wants to get away with injuring children. Orlando businesses such as Walt Disney World and Sea World are among the many businesses paying lots of money to influence the Florida Legislature to pass a law that would allow them to get away with negligently injuring or [...]
Some doctors are now intentionally inducing hypothermia in newborn infants to treat brain injuries they receive from not getting enough oxygen during childbirth. The tactic is similar to that famously used to save Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett from potentially fatal paralysis.
The cooling method has been used successfully since the 1950s in to reduce [...]
Police arrested a Central Florida church counselor yesterday for molesting two boys at a church retreat.
David Martin, a 40-year-old Rockledge man, was arrested and charged with sexual battery. Because the boys are 12 or older but less than 18 and Martin was a person in a position of authority, Martin will be charged with a [...]
