Let’s face it – when you have kids, they’re not going to want to watch the movies that you’ll want to watch. When they’re old enough to develop their own tastes, they’re going to automatically assume that anything that’s older than they are is crappy. Well, too bad for them. You’re the adult, so you get to decide what they watch.
Perhaps your parents or grandparents had different approaches to raising children than you are using in bringing up your own children. These weren’t necessarily bad means of parenting — but different because they reflected cultural values that have changed over the generations. Much has changed in the long human history of parenting. And a lot hasn’t changed at all. I think that you’ll see that
A simple, five-minute conversation with parents during their baby's regularly scheduled 9-month checkup can help their child stop bottle-feeding, according to new research released Monday. It's an important step because prolonged use of the bottle can lead to tooth decay and nutritional deficiencies in young children. Waiting later can make it harder to make the transition, experts say.
Two-year-old Aldi yanked on his mother's hair and squirmed in her arms. Tears formed a small pool in the folds of his double chin. "He's crying because he wants a cigarette," said Diana, his mother, who like many Indonesians goes by only one name. We caught up with Aldi, who is nearly twice the weight of other babies his age (20 kilograms or 44 pounds), and his mother at Jakarta's airport.
A 15-month-old boy escaped with just a few cuts and bruises on Wednesday after a train struck his stroller, which rolled onto the tracks when his grandmother looked away for just a moment. The dramatic escape came just seven months after another baby in the southern city of Melbourne survived a train striking his stroller, which also had rolled onto the tracks.
Smoking tot puffs 40 cigs a day! Video posted on YouTube.com shows 2-year-old Ardi Rizal smoking cigarettes at his home in Musi Banyuasin, Indonesia. TODAYshow.com's Dara Brown reports.
