Let’s be fair, Dora must share the blame with the entire child marketing industry. Studies show that children who play primarily with branded toys and are exposed to today’s levels of media are less happy, less satisfied with life, more depressed, anxious and have lower-self esteem.
Paul Scott exposes the child marketing industry’s unethical practices and [...]
Everyone knows watching TV is bad for you. It has been associated with poor health and mental activity. What is news is that for every hour your child watches TV at age 2, they become more and more likely to have a higher body mass index and perform poorly in school.
The University of Michigan study [...]
A sobering article in today’s New York Times tells the story of a baby killed by a button – a button battery that is. Today’s button batteries, those flat disc batteries often used in watches and other small electronic devices, are more powerful than ever and are responsible for a growing number of deaths and [...]
All you have to do is ensure your child wears a helmet while riding a bicycle. With school letting out for the summer, kids have more time to get outside on bicycles. However, an otherwise healthy activity can turn dangerous all too quickly.
Staying off busy roads is not enough. More than half the 135 children [...]
What’s the one thing you as a parent can do that will actually make a difference in positively effecting your children’s performance in school, emotional health, and likelihood of developing obesity or drug problems? Studies show the simple act of regularly eating dinner together as a family accomplishes all that.
Today’s researchers are now finding that [...]
There’s a new book out that discusses an interesting approach to dealing with toddler behavior. Since children’s left brains don’t grow to anything resembling maturity until as late as age 5, they are incapable of the rationale thought process that the left brain allows. However, their right brains, which are responsible for emotion, creativity and [...]
It’s that time of year again when our kids go back to school. That means traveling to and from school – safely. Florida’s roadways are some of the most dangerous in the nation, but they don’t have to be.
When using and sharing our roadways, whether it be by school bus, car, bicycle, foot, or whether [...]
We’re in the dog days of August now and should take heed of the ramifications of one University’s research on child athletes and hydration.
The study found that child athletes from 9-16 failed to drink enough water to stay hydrated during athletic activity. That problem is exacerbated by the fact that they routinely fail to drink [...]
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 [...]
Even if summer hasn’t officially arrived in Florida yet this year, the warm weather certainly has. And with warm weather, we all spend more time near water. Whether you prefer the ocean, the pool or lakes and rivers, you should know a few simple safety tips because playing near water can quickly become very dangerous.
Every [...]
