Hypermedia and High Blood Pressure in Kids
Of course we know that childhood obesity is a problem. And children who are obese often have higher blood pressure. But a new study shows a link between the amount of screen time a kid has and high...
View ArticleBackground TV Noise Reduces Parent-Child Interaction
There were times in my childhood after my parents’ divorce that the television seemed to always be on to fill the empty space. It’s not that uncommon in many homes for the TV to be on when no one is...
View ArticleGreen Mama's Rant: Stop Erectile Dysfunction Commercials on TV!
Ugh, it happened…after years of seeing erectile dysfunction (ED) commercials on TV, my eight-year-old daughter finally asked, “What was the commercial about?” I told her to ask her father, but he...
View ArticleNew Study: Infant TV Exposure Lowers Cognitive and Language Development
It’s not exactly a new discovery that early exposure to television causes a lag in infant language development, but a new study adds cognition to the equation. Not only did the authors of this new...
View ArticleStudy: Watching TV Shortens Your Life Span
We all know that watching television is not good for our brains or bodies, but a new study finds even just a little TV viewing shortens your life span. In fact, every hour of TV viewing shortens your...
View ArticleReflections on 9/11
For my parent’s generation, it was the assassination of JFK. For my generation, it was the space shuttle Challenger exploding…that is until September 11. My daughter, who is my first born child, was...
View ArticleTV Increases Risk of Depression; Exercise Makes Us Happy
I always find it fascinating when studies confirm what those living healthy lives already know. A new study from Harvard does just that, as it finds that sedentary activities, like watching TV,...
View ArticleTedx Talks Dimitri Christakis’ Overstimulation Hypothesis: More Television...
Via: The Campaign for Commercial-Free Childhood Tedx Talks Dimitri Christakis’ Overstimulation Hypothesis: More Television Watched Before Age 3 More Likely to Have Attention Problems in School is a...
View ArticleWTF? Dance Moms: 8-Year-Old “Topless” Showgirls
Oh, I don’t know where to begin on this one… “The idea with the fan dance is that you cover your body with the fans so you give the illusion that you are nude underneath the fans.” So the illusion does...
View ArticleTV Viewing Causes Lag in Infant Language Development
More bad news for television: “Television exposure during infancy is associated with language delays and attentional problems,” according to Dimitri Christakis, director of the Center for Child...
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Too Much TV: Television and Asthma Risk
If your child watches more than two hours of television a day, his or her risk for asthma is doubled, according to a study published in the journal Thorax. The UK study monitored over 3,000 children...
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PBS "Share the Earth" Earth Day Campaign
Most of us are already familiar with the fun and educational programming provided by PBS. Many of us grew up with Sesame Street and The Reading Rainbow right? Well, I am pleased as punch when I find my...
View ArticleHome Birth Is So Normal, It's Used to Sell Mattresses…
… at least in Spain: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/iZy_wcZBkgw&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0] This great video has been circulating around the birth-activist regions of the blogosphere recently,...
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Getting Kids Outdoors
Editor’s note: The following post was originally published on Green and Clean Mom. “Green & Clean Mom can inspire you to try a little harder, be a catalyst for change and to offer you some new tips...
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Sex, TV, & Kids: The Adverse Effects of Adult Programming
A study of 754 kids shows that those who watched television with adult content may become sexually active earlier in adolescence. The research was done at Children’s Hospital Boston. They tracked kids...
View ArticleStudy: Watching TV Shortens Your Life Span
We all know that watching television is not good for our brains or bodies, but a new study finds even just a little TV viewing shortens your life span. In fact, every hour of TV viewing shortens your...
View ArticleReflections on 9/11
For my parent’s generation, it was the assassination of JFK. For my generation, it was the space shuttle Challenger exploding…that is until September 11. My daughter, who is my first born child, was...
View ArticleTV Increases Risk of Depression; Exercise Makes Us Happy
I always find it fascinating when studies confirm what those living healthy lives already know. A new study from Harvard does just that, as it finds that sedentary activities, like watching TV,...
View ArticleTedx Talks Dimitri Christakis’ Overstimulation Hypothesis: More Television...
Via: The Campaign for Commercial-Free Childhood The post Tedx Talks Dimitri Christakis’ Overstimulation Hypothesis: More Television Watched Before Age 3 More Likely to Have Attention Problems in School...
View ArticleWTF? Dance Moms: 8-Year-Old “Topless” Showgirls
Oh, I don’t know where to begin on this one… “The idea with the fan dance is that you cover your body with the fans so you give the illusion that you are nude underneath the fans.” So the illusion does...
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