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Best Countries For Maternity Leave
Did you know that the US maternity policy ranks in the bottom 6 out of 146 countries worldwide? Americans are guaranteed only 12 weeks of unpaid leave. Stingy much? 12 weeks is barely enough time to adjust to life with...
Justin Bieber Says “Don’t Text and Drive”
But if that doesn’t convince your teen, maybe this will. Warning: The Video Below Is Extremely Graphic According to Distraction.gov, drivers who use hand-held devices are four times as likely to get into crashes serious enough to injure themselves. Cell phone use while driving, whether it’s...
Fighting Obesity, 8 Pairs of Little Legs At a Time
D*mn those Europeans, thinking of everything first. Just after writing my post about the walking school bus, I found this: Babble, an all-inclusive, all-things-family related site, highlighted the coolest form of child transportation around. The only difference between this and the walking school...
Simple Childhood-Obesity Fix
While conducting research on America’s obesity epidemic, I stumbled upon this awesome study. Researchers in New Mexico devised a Walking School Bus Program for a predominantly lower-income Latino elementary school. They recruited parents as volunteers, had kids sign permission slips, and simply helped...
#1 Diaper Rash Remedy
I wrote a post a while back that got to the bottom line (can’t help myself) of diaper rash. Over the past two weeks, my little guy has been producing a differently nuanced poop that has been sorely irritating his little bottom. I’m...