Corner Store Snacks, What We Expect from Teens, Folic Acid and ADHD, Plus More on H1N1
Parenting Lab The Convenience Store: Maybe a Little Too Convenient? Purchases made at corner stores contribute a significant number of calories to the diets of children growing up in urban areas, according to researchers at Temple University's Center for Obesity Research and Education in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The researchers discovered that children purchase an averag

What Can Moms Do to Fight Climate Change? Plenty, according to Moms Against Climate Change
One-Question InterviewErin Charter, Outreach Coordinator for Moms Against Climate Change, dropped by my booth while I was hanging out in the ParentCentral.ca booth at the BabyTime Show this past weekend. I took the opportunity to find out more about Moms Against Climate Change.

H1N1 Obsessed? Join the Club: How H1N1 Anxiety is Affecting the Lives of Canadian Parents
Every parent I know is H1N1 obsessed right now. And, judging by these newspaper headlines, the parental obsession is pretty much country-wide. Here's a quick snapshot of how H1N1 anxiety is affecting the lives of Canadian parents from coast to coast.Newswire The Toronto Star: Got Baby Brain? Your Vaccine Guide, Simply Put The Toronto Star 's Catherine Porter translates

Name That Baby! A Roundup of Baby Name Tools and Reader Advice About Naming Your Baby
Resource Swap Parenting resource swap Baby Name Voyager Take a scientific approach to the art of naming your baby by analyzing graphs plotting baby name trends. Nine-and-a-half months may not be long enough for you to pour through all the data and cool tools. (Recommended by @kittenpie.) Nameberry.com  Nameberry.com is the brainchild of best

From Mean Girls to Perfection Pressures to Baby Names
NEWSWIRE A roundup of essays, opinion pieces, and/or noteworthy news items about all things parenting. THE MEAN SCENE “Girls are not brought up to be assertive. They’re raised to be nice and pretty and have lots of friends. But they themselves recognize meanness as an integral part, even a normal part, of their growing up....It’s what girls do to get by. They need to dress the part and look the part and gather their army of friends around them. Their capital is their friends, their hair, their name-brand clothing – that’s power for them.”