Category: Child Care

How Secondhand Smoke Affects Children

How Secondhand Smoke Affects Children

Secondhand smoke is the smoke emanating from cigarettes, pipes, cigars and the smoke a smoker exhales.  It is also referred to as environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), involuntary smoking, or passive smoking.  Smoke emitted from cigars, cigarettes, or pipes is sometimes… 0 Shares | | Posted in Child Care, Health, Health
Shamrock Shakes! – Green No. 3 & More!

Shamrock Shakes! – Green No. 3 & More!

Millions of people flock to McDonalds every St. Patrick’s day for a Shamrock Shake. They are green, minty, festive, frosty and delicious. As this shake is so popular the franchise locations often run out of them. There are even web… 0 Shares | | Posted in Chemicals, Child Care, Food, Food, GMOs, Health, Health, Home, News, Nutrition, Personal Care, Weird
Natural Flavors = Hidden Poisons

Natural Flavors = Hidden Poisons

“Advertising is legalized lying.” – H.G. Wells This could not possibly be more true than in today’s food industry. The grocery store has become a virtual mine field of coded words. Packages say one thing, while covering the truth of… 0 Shares | | Posted in Biotechnology, Chemicals, Child Care, Food, Food, GMOs, Health, Health, Lifestyle, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine, Personal Care, Science & Tech, Weird
3 Chemical Groups Leading to Brain Disorders in Children

3 Chemical Groups Leading to Brain Disorders in Children

Toxic chemicals may be triggering the recent increases in neurodevelopmental disabilities among children—such as autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and dyslexia—according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The… 0 Shares | | Posted in Child Care, Environment, Health, Health, Lifestyle, News
Train your child’s palate!

Train your child’s palate!

The old saying ‘we are what we eat’ is true on more levels than most people think. Food is the fuel the body uses to create energy, build cells, fight disease, and so much more. The things we choose to… 0 Shares | | Posted in Child Care, Nutrition
Can You Hear Me Now: Detecting Hearing Loss in Infants

Can You Hear Me Now: Detecting Hearing Loss in Infants

Your baby’s formative years can be challenged due to hearing loss. Support your child’s development through age appropriate hearing tests. Detecting Hearing Loss in Infants Origins of hearing problems can vary. They may be genetic or hereditary. Children’s hearing patterns… 0 Shares | | Posted in Child Care, Health, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, News, Personal Care
Flame Retardant Soda Is Safe To Drink According To FDA

Flame Retardant Soda Is Safe To Drink According To FDA

by Long Island Attorney Paul A. Lauto, Esq./www.liattorney.com Many of us have heard of flame retardant pajamas for children, but far less have heard of flame retardant soda.  We wouldn’t eat flame retardant pajamas, so why does the FDA say… 0 Shares | | Posted in Child Care, Food, Food, Health, Lifestyle, News
Healthy Food for Children

Healthy Food for Children

What are the best and healthiest foods for your children? The Internet is filled with controversial advice on this seemingly simple and intuitive question. After all, the human race has been somehow feeding their babies and even teenagers without expert… 0 Shares | | Posted in Child Care, Food, Health, Nutrition
Dad’s Famous Pancakes and Why Mom Won’t Make Them

Dad’s Famous Pancakes and Why Mom Won’t Make Them

My husband’s pancakes are pretty famous in these parts.  It isn’t unusual for people to stop in on a Saturday morning in hopes of being “invited” to partake.   He has just hit on a really simple mix that works extremely… 0 Shares | | Posted in Child Care, Food, Food, Health, Home, Lifestyle, News, Nutrition, Recipes
School – Flu’s Favorite Subject

School – Flu’s Favorite Subject

“Schools are a virus hotbed as the temperature drops in this extreme cold,” observes Suanne Davidson, a 6th grade middle school teacher.  “Kids arrive each day homes throughout the entire community; each bringing unique pathogens into a single environment that… 0 Shares | | Posted in Child Care, Environment, Food, Health, Home, Lifestyle, Medicine