http://www.raisingthem.com http://www.raisingthem.comhttp://www.raisingthem.com/img/mnm-rss.gif Pligg Web 2.0 Content Management System Wed, 9 Apr 2008 02:01:02 -0400 en http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=25m-children-on-drugs-in-US http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=25m-children-on-drugs-in-US Wed, 9 Apr 2008 02:01:02 -0400 100010 Health http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=25m-children-on-drugs-in-US
The chief symptoms are mood swings, which, however, are common in children of any age.

David Healy, an expert on bipolar disorder, said there were now 2.5 million American children on antipsychotics. However, the UK guidelines on the disorder, from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, urge caution.

One drug which prompted concern was Risperdal, originally to be sold for children with "irritability" or difficult behaviour in autism. It was reviewed by experts for the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency because of "concern about the potential misuse of [it] as ... long-term chemical control". The drug's maker, Janssen-Cilag, though it won a licence for it, withdrew its application, citing differences with the authority.  » original news]]> http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=David-Kirby-Next-Big-Autism-Bomb-Are-1-in-50-Kids-Potentially-At-Risk--Living-on--Huffington-Post http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=David-Kirby-Next-Big-Autism-Bomb-Are-1-in-50-Kids-Potentially-At-Risk--Living-on--Huffington-Post Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:58:31 -0500 123655 Health http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=David-Kirby-Next-Big-Autism-Bomb-Are-1-in-50-Kids-Potentially-At-Risk--Living-on--Huffington-Post original news]]> http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Family-Wealth-May-Explain-Differences-In-Test-Scores-In-Schoolage-Children http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Family-Wealth-May-Explain-Differences-In-Test-Scores-In-Schoolage-Children Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:28:16 -0500 103253 Education http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Family-Wealth-May-Explain-Differences-In-Test-Scores-In-Schoolage-Children original news]]> http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Halles-Daughter--Nahla-Ariela-Aubry http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Halles-Daughter--Nahla-Ariela-Aubry Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:30:16 -0500 100010 Entertainment http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Halles-Daughter--Nahla-Ariela-Aubry
The name is pronounced ["GNAW-lah ARE-ee-EL-uh"]

Halle spoke directly with Access Hollywood's Nancy O'Dell about choosing the name.

"We didn't have a name picked out until just before we left the hospital," Halle told Nancy.

"For us it was hard to name the most important person in our life until we met her."

The 41-year-old actress gave birth on Sunday morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, and is now at home with the Nahla, who was born at 7 pounds & 4 ounces.  » original news]]> http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Failing-parents-may-be-ordered-to-parenting-programs http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Failing-parents-may-be-ordered-to-parenting-programs Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:30:12 -0500 100010 Parenting http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Failing-parents-may-be-ordered-to-parenting-programs
The legislation passed through WA's Upper House last night.

Under the law, the Children's Court can order parents who have repeatedly failed to control their children to take part in parenting programs.

This includes parents whose children repeatedly skip school, spray graffiti or engage in threatening behaviour.

WA Child Protection Minister Sue Ellery said the bill ensured early intervention to stop petty crime by children developing into worse problems  » original news]]> http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=One-in-Eight-US-Baby-Boomers-Will-Likely-Develop-Alzheimers http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=One-in-Eight-US-Baby-Boomers-Will-Likely-Develop-Alzheimers Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:53:13 -0500 100010 Health http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=One-in-Eight-US-Baby-Boomers-Will-Likely-Develop-Alzheimers
The report, "2008 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures," estimates that one in eight baby boomers will likely have the Alzheimer's, a degenerative brain disease characterized by severe memory loss and confusion.

The oldest baby boomers are turning 62 this year and are by definition entering the risk zone. According to Stephen McConnell, vice president of public policy for the Alzheimer's Association, age is the largest major factor linked with the disease. After turning 65, chances of developing Alzheimer's doubles every 5 years.  » original news]]> http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Kids-Allergies-Schoolwork-Can-Suffer http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Kids-Allergies-Schoolwork-Can-Suffer Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:53:11 -0500 100010 Health http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Kids-Allergies-Schoolwork-Can-Suffer
In the study of more than 1,000 families, parents of kids with allergies were twice as likely to say their children's activities were limited by their health, compared with parents whose kids didn't have allergies.

Nearly three-fourths of parents of kids with allergies said their children frequently or sometimes felt tired during allergy season. Two-thirds said their kids were irritable, and more than half said their offspring were downright miserable.  » original news]]> http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Manual-gentle-parenting-1 http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Manual-gentle-parenting-1 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:04:13 -0500 100010 Parenting http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Manual-gentle-parenting-1 original news]]> http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Device-helps-fat-kids-cut-TV-time http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Device-helps-fat-kids-cut-TV-time Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:59:32 -0500 100010 Health http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Device-helps-fat-kids-cut-TV-time
And it worked without creating a lot of conflict between parents and their kids, they said.

"It reduces all of those battles. The parents have to make one decision. After they make the decision, the device does the rest," said Leonard Epstein of the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, whose study appears in the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine.  » original news]]> http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Lisa-Marie-Not-Pudgy-Pregnant http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Lisa-Marie-Not-Pudgy-Pregnant Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:01:48 -0500 100010 Entertainment http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Lisa-Marie-Not-Pudgy-Pregnant
Lisa Marie Presley has confirmed, with excitement and yet a great deal of reluctance, that she and husband Michael Lockwood are expecting their first child together this fall.

The 40-year-old Elvis heir announced the impending stork delivery Thursday in a message titled "Confirmation under the gun" on her MySpace blog. The post came in response to the spate of unflattering speculation in the media on her rapidly expanding midsection.

"After being the target all week of slanderous and degrading stories, horribly manipulated pictures and articles in the media, I have had to show my cards and announce under the gun and under vicious personal attack that I am in fact pregnant," she wrote.  » original news]]> http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Tooth-Fairy-economics-aint-nickeldime-CNNcom http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Tooth-Fairy-economics-aint-nickeldime-CNNcom Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:43:41 -0500 123655 Family http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Tooth-Fairy-economics-aint-nickeldime-CNNcom original news]]> http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=NAA-Calls-Immediate-Recall-All-MercuryContaining-Vaccines-Yahoo-News http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=NAA-Calls-Immediate-Recall-All-MercuryContaining-Vaccines-Yahoo-News Sun, 9 Mar 2008 23:55:53 -0500 123655 Health http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=NAA-Calls-Immediate-Recall-All-MercuryContaining-Vaccines-Yahoo-News original news]]> http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Deal-in-Autism-Case-Fuels-Debate-on-Vaccine http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Deal-in-Autism-Case-Fuels-Debate-on-Vaccine Sun, 9 Mar 2008 19:18:41 -0500 100010 Health http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Deal-in-Autism-Case-Fuels-Debate-on-Vaccine
The government has conceded that vaccines may have hurt Hannah, and it has agreed to pay her family for her care. Advocates say the settlement - reached last fall in a federal compensation court for people injured by vaccines, but disclosed only in recent days - is a long-overdue government recognition that vaccinations can cause autism.

"This decision gives people significant reason to be cautious about vaccinating their children," John Gilmore, executive director of the group Autism United, said Friday.

Mr. Gilmore has filed his own claim that his son became autistic as a result of vaccinations.  » original news]]> http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Bill-on-home-schooling-rights-urged http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Bill-on-home-schooling-rights-urged Sun, 9 Mar 2008 11:44:36 -0500 100010 Education http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Bill-on-home-schooling-rights-urged
By Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
March 8, 2008

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called Friday for the reversal of a recent appellate court decision banning parents from educating their children at home if they lack a teaching credential. If the state Supreme Court fails to act, the governor vowed to push through legislation guaranteeing families' right to home school.

"This outrageous ruling must be overturned by the courts and if the courts don't protect parents' rights then, as elected officials, we will," he said in a written statement.

Schwarzenegger's comments about the ruling came as home schooling families and national conservative leaders expressed increased concerns over the practice that they believe every parent has a fundamental right to exercise.  » original news]]> http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Report-Men-still-not-pulling-weight-on-chores-CNNcom http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Report-Men-still-not-pulling-weight-on-chores-CNNcom Fri, 7 Mar 2008 16:04:09 -0500 123655 Family http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Report-Men-still-not-pulling-weight-on-chores-CNNcom original news]]> http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Overindulging-our-kids-ourselves http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Overindulging-our-kids-ourselves Thu, 6 Mar 2008 12:48:00 -0500 100010 Parenting http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Overindulging-our-kids-ourselves
Overindulged and overprotected kids are going to be the next psychiatric vogue. Kind of ironic given that we, mental health professionals, were the ones who got it going in the first place.  » original news]]> http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Breakfast-keeps-teenagers-lean-1 http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Breakfast-keeps-teenagers-lean-1 Thu, 6 Mar 2008 12:47:51 -0500 100003 Health http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Breakfast-keeps-teenagers-lean-1 In a five year study of more than 2,000 youngsters, those who skipped breakfast weighed on average 5lbs (2.3kg) more than those who ate first thing.

This was despite the fact that the breakfast-eaters consumed more calories in the course of the day.  » original news]]> http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Twins-give-JLo-booty-worth-bottling http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Twins-give-JLo-booty-worth-bottling Thu, 6 Mar 2008 12:36:49 -0500 100015 Entertainment http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Twins-give-JLo-booty-worth-bottling
Nicole Richie is said to have pocketed $US1 million for the as-yet-unseen pictures of her daughter Harlow.  » original news]]> http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=How-not-to-raise-spoiled-rotten-brat http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=How-not-to-raise-spoiled-rotten-brat Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:33:46 -0500 100010 Parenting http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=How-not-to-raise-spoiled-rotten-brat original news]]> http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Parenting-in-MySpace-Era-is-Challenging-1 http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Parenting-in-MySpace-Era-is-Challenging-1 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:29:30 -0500 100002 Parenting http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Parenting-in-MySpace-Era-is-Challenging-1 original news]]> http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Mothers-Day-Showbiz-mothers http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Mothers-Day-Showbiz-mothers Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 100006 Entertainment http://www.raisingthem.com/news/story.php?title=Mothers-Day-Showbiz-mothers original news]]>