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As if British food doesn’t have a bad enough rap. A new survey says British mothers use a mixture of just nine recipes to feed their families.
And on behalf of my male colleagues here at Strollerderby and my own father: who says it’s up to Mom to cook dinner anyway? Continue reading »
The cereal aisle at the grocery store can be a bit overwhelming. With so many to different cereals to choose from, how is parent to know which one offers the best nutrition for their child? Cereal makers, assuming parents won’t turn the box over and read the fine print, have begun putting some nutrition information in large print on the front of the box. But as the Food and Drug Administration points out, this information can be misleading. Continue reading »
Back away from the Twizzlers preggo! New research shows children whose mothers consumed licorice during pregnancy perform poorly on tests.
So it won’t just rot your teeth – it could make your kid a little dumber. Continue reading »
In case you haven’t heard by now, eating together as a family is good for your kids. Study after study has found that children who eat frequent meals with their families are less likely to abuse drugs and alcohol and are more likely to make good grades in school. Parents who manage to pull off regular family dinners pat themselves on the back and feel confident that they are doing all they can to reduce their kids’ chances of becoming drug-abusing dropouts. Good for them, but what about the rest of us? Continue reading »
First it was the in-class birthday party. Now schools are kicking the bake sale off campus.
The reason? Say it with me now: childhood obesity. Continue reading »
I can never remember whether it’s starve a cold, feed a fever or the exact opposite. But according to a new eat-right program for families, you can feed your kids to stave off a fever at least.
The Dairy Council of California (the people behind all those talking cow commercials that my kid is obsessed with) (a government agency not directly linked to the California Milke Advisory Board which does the talking cow commercials) are cashing in on American parents’ swine flu fears with a new cookbook and Website designed to encourage us to mix up “flu-fighting foods” for the family. Continue reading »
Who know: fast food fresh off the assembly line might be hot. Apparently a set of parents from the Boston area, who are suing Dunkin’ Donuts for burns their twenty-three-month-old allegedly obtained from a hash brown that was too hot.
And the lawyer keeps insisting this is NOTHING like the infamous McDonald’s coffee case. Continue reading »
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