the honest scoop – 11-24-09
Today’s top news headlines for parents
A look at home-based daycare suggests that the real babysitter might be a television set as preschoolers end up spending an additional two hours staring at the screen.
For the unlucky children of thoughtless mothers who smoked during pregnancy, their risk of developing ADHD is doubled.
Dozens of baby deaths have prompted the largest crib recall in American history:
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And the Consumer Product Safety Commission admits that it has acted too slowly on crib safety problems.
New York parents take note – as of today, all children under 8-years of age must use a booster seat while traveling in a car.
Tough luck for many smart children as budget cuts cancel classes for gifted students.
Thanks to slower development of the brain’s capacity to consider context, kids actually have a leg up on adults when it comes to figuring out optical illusions.
Joel Stein takes a humorous look at a serious topic – who gets your kids when you’re gone?
The recession brings rise to a new generation of boomerang kids.
Eating healthy (for two) on Thanksgiving:
Guilty as charged, at least on 3 of 6 counts, for the police chief convicted of stealing baby-related items from Sarah Jessica Parker’s surrogate.
If you’re looking for a special children’s book that your kid will never forget and should never, ever be allowed to touch, the original Alice in Wonderland goes up for auction next month.
And more new children’s books hit store shelves this week and Publishers Weekly has a few opinions about them.
Jon & Kate Plus 8 signs off the air.
A father and son hit The Road in post-apocalyptic America – in theaters tomorrow:
