Affluent Children at Risk
Question: Which group of children do you think will fare their teen years more easily: children of parents who are financially prosperous, or children of parents who are struggling financially?
Surprisingly and paradoxically, the latest research establishes that children from wealthy and affluent homes are at significantly greater risk of developing serious emotional problems precisely because of their privileged circumstances. That is, teens from affluent, well-educated families are less happy, less confident, and prone to higher rates of depression and suicide attempts than are their less affluent counterparts. …read more
Holiday Family Film Guide
honestbaby’s hot picks, passes and previews of the upcoming family films coming to a theater near you this holiday season.
BOLT – opening November 21st.
With a bark more powerful than a locomotive and the ability to leap tall fire hydrants in a single bound, the new superdog Bolt arrives to save the day courtesy of Walt Disney Pictures. Genetically altered to be a Dog of Steel with courage just as strong, Bolt’s only fault may be that he does not realize he is only a TV character and all his powers are just special effects. …read more
FDA: Traces of Melamine In Formula Okay
The Food and Drug Administration has changed its guidance on the health risks of melamine in infant formula, saying trace amounts of the industrial compound alone are not harmful.
Last month, the Food and Drug Administration said it was “currently unable to establish any level of melamine and melamine-related compounds in infant formula that does not raise public health concerns.”
FDA officials updated their interim risk assessment this week after finding what they described as “extremely low amounts” of melamine and cyanuric acid, a related chemical, in samples of two popular brands of domestically made infant formula. …read more
Wanna do Wannado?
Did you ever wish when you were a kid that you could exist within your own city, playing the ultimate game of make believe, pretending to be everything from a firefighter to a professional shopper. Not only could you be whoever, but you can do whatever—without your parents nagging you. As parents of toddlers, we can’t relate to our little people abandoning us yet. One day it will happen.
Wannado City where kids can do what they want to do, according to its own theme song. Yes, it does stick in your head. Last year my husband and I took our daughter Jordan down to Fort Lauderdale, Florida to visit
