Olivia* is a mother of two-year-old quadruplets and has started taking them to swimming lessons several times a week. “This is their first year taking swim lessons and, at their age, lessons require one-on-one with the child/adult as well as an instructor to teach,” she explained to Reddit. So me, my husband and two of…
Summer is almost over – it’s the holidays. To ease you into the new school year, a pediatric neuropsychologist is sharing three things parents should keep in mind. Jennifer Katzenstein – director of psychology, neuropsychology and social work at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla. – wants caregivers to think about getting…
Parents of toddlers know that dealing with fifth-grader tantrums is one of the hardest parts of parenting: especially if you’re in public. As a mother and comedian on TikTok discovered an anger ‘hack’ by accident, an expert revealed why it actually worked. In a link with content creator Emily Vondy, parenting expert and neuroscientist Dr….
When Gamze Evren was diagnosed with stage 3 rectal cancer, she immediately made a brave decision: to hide it. The 53-year-old mother of two from Concord, NSW, kept her cancer a complete secret from both her two daughters and her mother for nearly two years. It was 18 months before she told her mom and…
For most people, a freshly baked chocolate chip cookie can turn any frown upside down. For Loren Castle, classical treatment became a lifesaver. With little to lose after a brutal battle with cancer, the native New Yorker — who wanted more than anything to live a normal, healthy, happy life — walked into Whole Foods…
If you want to lose weight, it’s best to eat more protein and fiber, a new study finds. Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign developed the Individualized Eating Improvement Program and tracked 22 participants who followed the eating plan for 25 months. The volunteers were advised to increase their daily protein to 80 grams…
Talk about a splash landing. A water park pool in Kentucky became the unfortunate breeding ground for a powerful infection that produces painful symptoms such as diarrhea, nausea, fever and painful cramps. Silver Lake Water Park and Adventure Center in Erlanger, a suburb of Cincinnati, was host to chlorine-resistant Cryptosporidiosis, abbreviated to crypto. Silver Lake…
An Australian school community has been left outraged after a well-loved crossing guard was banned from a senior student after a parent complained about the innocent gesture. Pupils at Mount Dandenong Primary School in Greater Melbourne will no longer get high-fives from their beloved crossing supervisor John Goulden during drop-off and pick-up after he was…
Even “light smoking” – defined as just one or two cigarettes a day – can be a real pregnancy obstacle, causing “major health problems” for the newborn, researchers warn in a new study. Although smoking during pregnancy is known to increase the risk of premature birth, low birth weight, restricted fetal growth and other complications,…
Now you have a new excuse to hit the snooze button on the weekends. New research finds that people who catch zzz’s on the weekend can lower their risk of heart disease by up to 20%. “Sufficient compensatory sleep is associated with a lower risk of heart disease,” said study co-author Yanjun Song, a researcher…