Babble

You know, so often with issues that face our society, we fail to ask: what about the children? Healthcare is a hot-button issue in the upcoming Presidential election. The Onion presents reports on a study that shows that kids, when asked if they would like to go to the doctor more often, respond "NOOOO...

Interesting article over on Forbes.com about the BornFree people. Turns out they not only make the bottles, they help make sure that people know how dangerous the BPA-filled versions are. Apparently, when BornFree began back in 2006, very few people cared about BPA. So what does a dadpreneur (that's...

Tens of thousands of children may face a lifetime of health problems due to living in FEMA trailers in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina. Formaldehyde, a cancer-causing substance, has been found in FEMA trailers at levels five times what is considered safe. Months after Katrina I remember commentators...

Remember when Alec Baldwin called his own daughter a pig? Who knew it was tough love? Apparently Baldwin thinks all of our kids are fat and the culprit is cheese. Yes, cheese. WTF? You mean this whole time that I've been giving my kids string cheese instead of candy crack I've actually been part...

I'm totally in a quandary now. I've gotten over the news and somehow managed to accept the fact that crib mattresses off-gas yucky chemicals and my son is breathing those chemicals on the off nights he doesn't spend in my bed (which is equipped with a foam mattress from Ikea that's clearly chock-full...

Mmm. School lunches. Just thinking about then makes you a little nostalgic, doesn't it? That particular smell found only in school cafeterias (was it the tacos? the green beans? the tater tots? what?); the scowling fat ladies in hairnets wielding large spoons behind the counter; it all just brings you...

My older son, who just turned 11, is 5'4". That's tall for his age, way tall. He also weighs somewhere between 80-100 lbs. He knows these statistics not just because kids know these things (which they generally don't), but because he was measured today by a nurse at his school. While I take a moment...