Tag Archive for 'parenting'

Study: Smokers hurt their kids’ lungs before and after birth

If you smoke, you are definitely hurting your childrens’ lungs — both before and after birth — according to a new study of more than 20,000 children. Obviously if you have kids (or plan on having them) you need to quit smoking as soon as possible…
From Reuters Health:
A new international study of more than 20,000 […]

Study: Strict parents = fat kids

Children with strict disciplinarian parents are much more likely to eat more and become fat by the age of 6… at least according to a new report from Boston University School of Medicine. The children of parents who are at the opposite end of the spectrum — “indulgent and without discipline” — are also more […]