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When Parents Can't Enroll in Medicaid, Children Stay Uninsured

When states fail to expand Medicaid for parents, there's an unintended impact on children. Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 09 2012 8:41 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Health, policy, Medicaid

How Doctors Could Improve Childhood Vaccination Rates

A pediatrician wants his fellow physicians to rethink their approach to parents who delay or refuse vaccinations for their children. Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 02 2012 8:37 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Health, vaccines, Doctors

Georgia's Tough Anti-Childhood Obesity Campaign

Will Georgia's hard-hitting ads push families with obesity problems toward help, or toward anger and denial? Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 01 2012 1:33 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Health, advertising, childhood obesity, georgia

Lying to Get My Children More Sleep

My younger kids perform poorly on tests of family harmony after fewer than nine hours of sleep. So in the name of early bedtime, I lied. Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 11 2011 12:34 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, teenagers, bedtime, Health, Sleep, KJ Dell'Antonia, Daylight Saving Time

Raising Children Means Letting Go

The mother of a terminally ill child writes that her story is not that different from the rest of ours: we are all preparing for when our children leave us, or we leave them. Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 10 2011 5:10 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Health, death, Emily Rapp, Tay-Sachs, illness, dragon mom

A Mother's Frightening Face

After Stephanie Nielson was severely burned in a fiery plane crash, her four children had to learn to know their mother again. Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 12 2009 9:54 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Health, burns

The Genes of Our Fathers

Do you worry about the genes that have been passed to you from your parents and along to your children? Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 11 2009 10:01 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Health, DNA, Cancer, genetics, genetic screening

The Latest on Swine Flu, and More

A roundup of news relevant to parenting and children. Read More...

Published Thu, Nov 11 2009 1:23 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, flu vaccine, home schooling, Health, Travel, Swine flu, H1N1

Medical Marijuana for Children

Had it occurred to you that medical marijuana was being used for children? Would you give your child the same treatment under the same circumstances? Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 10 2009 5:57 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, medical marijuana, Health, Autism, Medicines

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