by Stacey
Oh no they din’t. According to this press release from the makers of Barbie, a new line of accessories features scraps from Barbie’s other outfits for a patchwork look that says, “Barbie cares about the environment.” It’s called Barbie Bcause. Because Barbie is too stupid to know how to spell two syllable words.
“Barbie is […]

by Stacey
I’m not sure I totally buy this, but according to this article from Science Daily, mothers who eat high-energy foods, that is lots of calories, at the time of conception are more likely to have boys than girls.
New research by the Universities of Exeter and Oxford provides the first evidence that a child’s sex […]

by Stacey
Just in time for this Mother’s Day comes a book that many of us I’m sure will find very useful. According to this article in Newsweek, a Florida plastic surgeon named Michael Salzhauer has penned a book called “My Beautiful Mommy.” It features a perky mother explaining to her child why she’s having […]

by Stacey
Last week I wrote on the importance of eating dinner with kids, especially young children. Here’s more on family meals, this time from the teen perspective. A new study in the March issue of the journal Pediatrics found teens who eat breakfast consistently are less likely to be overweight than those who skip the […]

Cross-posted at MotherTalkers
by Stacey
About a week ago I went to hear a lecture on talking to kids about sex by Amy Lang, a parent educator in Seattle. I really was just tagging along with a friend and hadn’t given much thought to the topic since my kids are only four and one-year old.
Well, I got […]

by Stacey
Thanks to many of you who pointed me towards this article in last Sunday’s NY Times magazine on gender-based education. I finally got a chance to read it last night. So let’s get to it.
The article showcases the ideas of Leonard Sax, a pediatrician turned single-sex education advocate who claims that boys and […]

Tom Schierlitz for The New York Times
by Stacey
How important is play? According this too-long article in last Sunday’s NY Times magazine, this question is causing some anxiety among parents and educators and has become the topic of a burgeoning field of scientific research.
Scientists who study play, in animals and humans alike, are developing […]

by Stacey
A new rule will soon go into effect in schools across one of DC’s prominent Maryland suburbs that will require school officials to notify parents if they learn that a female student is pregnant. According to this article in last Sunday’s Washington Post, it’s a move health experts say violates a young woman’s right […]

by Stacey
Boys are a mess. According to this article in the NY Times, part of the reason that girls do better than boys in school is because boys are disorganized and disheveled. And not surprisingly, there’s an army of high-priced tutors, charging as much as $100 an hour, who help boys develop organizational skills and […]

by Stacey
Two new studies shed some positive light on irksome behavior problems in young children. According to this article in the NY Times, one study showed that kindergartners who are identified as troubled do as well academically as their peers in elementary school. The other study found that children with attention deficit disorders suffer primarily […]