I’m a complete hypochondriac.  I think this is because I read too much, and I’m far too aware of stories where people have a headache, then they’re dead.  So, I rely on a couple different websites to help me keep myself in check.  They’re mostly successful at this, since I can look up “headache” and [...]

This is the story, published yesterday in the Schenectady Daily Gazette, of a man whose 13-year-old son was out of control. Stealing, fighting, bullying, hitting girls… lots of really awful stuff.  This kid was going down the wrong road.  His parents are divorced, and the boy was suspended for stealing things out of teachers’ purses [...]

Fisher Price has recalled the 3-in-1 high chair because the back of the seat can detatch with the child still in it and allow the child to fall out.  They’ve gotten one report of a child falling out of the chair and getting a skull fracture when that happened. 
This 3-in-1 high chair is a pretty [...]

I don’t think that kids are any worse nowadays than they were when I was a kid or my grandparents were kids (parents and parenting may be worse, but that’s another post).  So, I don’t think they’re more inclined to cheat.
But I do think they maybe define cheating differently than adults do.
I found a great [...]

We’re a fairly healthy family.   I mean, our kids have the regular complement of ear infections, flu, strep, allergies and injuries, but besides that, we don’t have too many other things going on.  Nevertheless, our medicine cabinet looks like it belongs in a pharmacy; between the five of us, we have so many bottles of so [...]

I’d be interested in knowing how other parents deal with the issue of cussing.  This is an ongoing battle in our house…my 13-year-old thinks that mild curse words such as crap, piss, and suck are perfectly okay…and I know that they’re common among her friends.  I’ve even had to correct some of her friends in our house, [...]

Seattle Cotton Works and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) have announced a recall of about 40,000 hoodies sold exclusively at Kohl’s department stores.  The product numbers are: BSF9647783, BSF9677758, BSF9677791, BSF9647768, BSF9677761, and BSF9677902.
If you have one of these sweatshirts, the first thing to do is to remove the drawstring, which poses a choking [...]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
In light of the tragic news about Natasha Richardson’s head injury, I thought this would be a good time to review some basic head injury first aid. 
There are two kinds of head injuries:  external and internal.  External is usually a scalp injury, and if your kid has ever cut his head, you know how these [...]

I recently went to a newspapers site because I thought I was going to read an article about how some new study showed that it was important for parents to be involved in their kids’ education.  I love studies like that–that spend millions of dollars to say something that every person with half a brain [...]

Justice for Children is an non-profit organization based in Houston, Texas that advocates for abused children.  Mostly what it does is provide free legal services to children who have been abused and to parents who are trying to protect their children and rescue them from abusive situations. 
This article focuses on JFC’s chief legal counsel, Thomas [...]