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Here’s some relief for working parents, from the same paper that vilified us last week. Today USA today has a quick quiz to help parents and teachers figure out when a sick child needs to be sent home from daycare, based on guidelines from Pediatrics.
The answers are not what you think. And if your kids childcare is anything like the majority of centers and home daycares, you’ve been called to pick up a sick kid who could really have stayed put at school.
A lot of people might look at the anti-vax folks and wonder why it matters if those folks don’t get their kids vaccinated. If their kids get sick because they aren’t protected, it’s no skin off anyone else’s nose, right? Wrong. A new study shows exactly the opposite: vaccinating kids protects the entire community.
As parents in the information age, we have lots of tools at our disposal when it comes to doing what’s best for our kids. Before they are even born, we surf baby name sites to find one that will ensure they stand out but not too far out. We go online to research the best cribs and car seats before we choose one. And we are alerted instantly when they are recalled. We read what the experts and other parents think about the educational value of the books, toys and games we are considering purchasing for our kids.
Going online for parenting information has become so automatic that it’s no surprise that the first thing many of us do when our child shows symptoms of an illness is to turn to Dr. Google. But as Jennifer Gruden writes in an article titled “Anxiety in the Age of Google,” that is where information and insanity often meet. Continue reading »
Autism and schizophrenia appear to have little in common. The two illnesses are caused by defects in the same set of genes, though, Canadian researchers claim.
The research group, led by evolutionary biologist Bernard Crispi, now believes that the two illnesses are linked. Crispi sees them as opposite expressions of the same genetic problem.
This finding opens the door to the possibility that treatments which are effective for one disorder can be used to help the other.
When I asked our kids’ pediatrician about the swine flu vaccine, he said that it was up to us, but that he wasn’t getting it. That’s telling, given that we figure he’s about 90 years old — he was my wife’s pediatrician too — and is thus a prime candidate. He said felt that the government and the media had made more of the disease than was appropriate. Given that he’s been practicing for more than 50 years, I tend to listen when he says something. But lest you think he’s been practicing a little too long, he is not alone in his assessment of the situation.
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It seems to be a little early this year, but the Sickie Season is upon us. Aside from some persistent sniffles, my family is doing OK, but swine flu has hit not too far from me and schools are closing because tons of kids are out with it. Based on my Facebook feed, lots of other people are battling the plain old seasonal flu, and it seems to be an especially nasty strain this year.
One of the keys to everybody staying healthy is for people to stay home when they are sick — and that doesn’t mean “I’ll keep the kids home from school and activities but let’s just head out for a quick run to Target.” It means nothing, nada, no visitors, no fun, just staying home and keeping your germs to yourself. Which sucks, especially when you’re dealing with active little kids. Continue reading »
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