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Raising a Green Child

The first step to going GREEN is to have your child experience the great outdoors and appreciate the environment. Outdoor play is becoming increasingly rare among children both in the U.S., even in rural areas. Children are intimately familiar with complex virtual worlds and all their characters, yet no longer learn the names of the creatures that inhabit their back yards. This has far-reaching implications for emotional and physical development and for family life.
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Lice in children have been treated for years with lotions, creams and shampoos. But the little critters are becoming more and more resistant. Now an oral drug already used to treat certain parasites in people appears to kill lice as well. Researchers say it could be an alternative when standard treatments fail.


Researchers studying isolated communities in Canada showed that immunizing children against influenza lowered flu rates among unvaccinated adults by 60 percent.


The Center for Science in the Public Interest gave most companies failing grades for the way they market food to kids. The group called for a uniform set of rules to govern the activity.


An initiative to reduce sodas and high-calorie drinks in schools has worked, says a progress report. The changes have been most dramatic in elementary and middle schools. Some work remains for high schools.
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For Parents of Toddlers: Toddlers, as a group, give you many feelings of uncertainty and self-doubt when it comes to parenting. Spending most of the time with your toddler doesn't guarantee a good child-parent relationship, anymore than spending many hours apart if you are a parent that works full-time outside the home. When you are with your toddler just make the most of the time you spend with him instead of worrying about how much time you are spending with him.

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