Simple safety tips for trick-or-treating after Fauci greenlighted Halloween 2021

There’s no need to pull out the candy catapult this year, but a few reasonable precautions can keep COVID-19 transmissions in check.

Meg Sorg, Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing, Purdue University • conversation
Oct. 19, 2021 ~4 min

How some working, single moms manage to exercise

New research on mindset and schedule indicates why some working, single mothers find time to exericse, while others don't.

Amy McCaig-Rice University • futurity
Oct. 12, 2021 ~4 min


Moms and dads shape kids’ emotional eating in different ways

"...the hope is that we can use this type of model to reduce unhealthy child emotional eating by influencing how parents are feeding their children."

U. Oregon • futurity
Sept. 24, 2021 ~8 min

Parents want more info about the costs of kids’ hospital care

Most parents with children in the hospital want to learn what the stay will cost, but few are having conversations about money with financial counselors.

Erin Digitale-Stanford • futurity
Sept. 24, 2021 ~9 min

White parents resist really talking about race

After the murder of George Floyd, white parents often resisted talking about race with their kids, or they took a questionable approach.

Holly Alyssa MacCormick-Stanford • futurity
Sept. 16, 2021 ~8 min

Educated moms are more often having child outside marriage

College-educated women are much more likely than ever before to have a first child outside of marriage, research finds.

Jill Rosen-Johns Hopkins • futurity
Sept. 9, 2021 ~5 min

5 tips for handling your kids’ back-to-school jitters

Returning to school as the pandemic stretches on may spark anxiety. An expert has advice on how parents can boost their kids' (and their own) resilience.

Erin Digitale-Stanford • futurity
Aug. 30, 2021 ~9 min

Exposure to parental smoking increases risk of rheumatoid arthritis

A new study by investigators from Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital found a potential direct link between exposure to parental smoking during childhood and increased risk of seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) later in life.

Isabella Davis • harvard
Aug. 18, 2021 ~5 min


Mouse moms teach future pup caretakers how to parent

With help from oxytocin, mice mothers are awesome teachers. The findings offer evidence for the benefits of parenting classes for humans, researchers say.

Modesta Alobawone • futurity
Aug. 16, 2021 ~4 min

4 key factors for involving nonresident fathers with kids

New recommendations could improve how social workers support nonresident fathers and their children's well-being.

Matt Shipman-NC State • futurity
Aug. 10, 2021 ~5 min

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