Breastfeeding and Breast Feed

Giving children a diet rich in fish and “fruity vegetables” can reduce asthma and allergies, according to a seven-year study of 460 Spanish children, published in the September issue of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.The findings also reinforce the researchers’ earlier findings that a fish-rich diet in pregnancy can help to protect children from asthma and allergies. [click link for full …

Washington, Sep 15 : Extensive research on the benefits of mother’s milk has shown that it satisfies babies’ nutritional needs far better than any manufactured infant formula.

Raising your baby to be a well-mannered productive adult can keep parents up well into the night. In tonight’s You and Improved, News at Nine’s Anne Dill helps us through the parenting “P’s and Q’s”.

Friends of the mother of Madeleine McCann defend her against suggestions she was involved in the disappearance.

Christ Church , 25 Central St., Andover: A six-week Bible study and prayer group using the book “Listening for God” starts Sept. 19, 10 a.m. The book features essays by Alice Walker, Garrison Keilor and Richard Rodriguez.

“Who played the father in the movie ‘Kramer versus Kramer’?”

Blankenhorn goes on, here, to come out in favor of civil unions that would be just like marriage—including federal recognition—except that they would neither add to nor subtract from the existing parenting rights of same-sex couples. …

We have used technology in many different aspects of parenting. We have had the in-home security systems,and door alarms for our kids. Those are fairly low tech, and even I can handle them. When … => Read more!

As is now par for the course here in the wide, wacky world that is the United States, some New Jersey parents have decided to blame a piece of white plastic for their bad parenting skills, instead of themselves. Personal responsibility …

I’m in the market for a double stroller. I wasn’t convinced I would need one, but now that I actually have two kids to cart around, I’m experiencing more and more days when I wish I could take them on foot to a park or other attraction …