ADHD rates in the US almost doubled in the last two decades

September 1, 2018 health, medicine, News, parenting

From 1998 to 2016, the rate of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in US children has gone up from about 6% to over 10%, according to a study published Friday (Aug. 31) in JAMA Pediatrics.

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Study finds Rubio’s plan to raid Social Security to fund paid leave would gut it

August 30, 2018 News, parenting, politics

More than 4.5 million Floridians received Social Security benefits in 2017 — over 21 percent of its population. Had they taken part in their senator’s proposed “paid parental leave” scheme, they would be receiving quite a bit less.

For a while, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) has been touting his idea to cut Social Security and use those funds to pay for new parents to receive two months of partially paid leave to care for their kids. He and Rep. Ann Wagner (R-MO) an...

The class dynamics of breastfeeding in the United States of America

July 23, 2017 breast milk, breastfeeding, child development, class, Elizabeth Currid-Halkett, health, inequality, parenting, The Art of Parenting, The Sum of Small Things: A Theory of the Aspirational Class

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