Feature Channels: Family and Parenting

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Eating a balanced diet is essential for everyone in the family, but nutrition can feel overwhelming to navigate. From food costs to food allergies, every family has unique challenges. To help guide you in making healthier food choices, Lurie Children’s Registered Dietitians Maggie McKay and Lisa Sharda teamed up with our Director of Food, Activity and Nutrition Initiatives Stephanie Folkens (who also holds a culinary arts degree!) to answer some common questions about how to make eating healthy, fun and affordable.

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The latest survey conducted in October 2024 by surveying over 1,000 parents across the state found:...

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A new study shows higher rates of sexual abuse in children with intellectual disabilities and greater vulnerability to the after-effects of abuse.

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A large study co-led by Kori Flower, MD, MS, MPH, division chief of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at the UNC School of Medicine demonstrates that combining text messaging with in-person clinic counseling reduces obesity in the first two years of life.

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A study co-led by a Johns Hopkins Children’s Center clinician-researcher shows that adding text messaging and other electronic feedback to traditional in-clinic health counseling for parents about feeding habits, playtime and exercise prevents very young children from developing obesity and potentially lifelong obesity-related problems.

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While the lockdowns associated with COVID-19 pandemic led many families to eat more meals at home, they had an additional benefit: an increase in the quality of family time during those dinners, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

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Voter anxiety over the presidential election is real. Kristen Benson, director of the marriage and family therapy program at Virginia Tech, offers advice for easing tension.

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Parents’ cellphone use can have a direct impact on their preteens’ mental health, according to a study. The effects include increased hyperactivity and inattention.

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B-Roll and photos are available from one of Cedars-Sinai's happiest celebrations of the year: Halloween in the Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, where the smallest babies and their families are treated to handmade costumes, courtesy of a cadre of volunteers. 

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There are just too many ways children can poison themselves by getting into things that are intended only for their parents. Medications, cleaning supplies, edible marijuana and a host of other ingestible products can turn what should be the safest environment for a child—the home—into one with danger lurking on every countertop.

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Parents with babies born preterm or with low birth weight face significant economic and employment challenges, according to new research published in JAMA Pediatrics.

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A partir de 2021, The Allergists' Foundation, el brazo filantrópico del Colegio Americano de Alergia, Asma e Inmunología, comenzó a financiar proyectos innovadores que abordan los desafíos que enfrentan las comunidades atendidas por alergólogos en ejercicio.

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The way parents and their children play together may be the framework for how kids will treat other children, according to a recent study from the University of Georgia. Figuring out how to approach new social situations is key for toddlers, and research suggests that caregivers play a big part in giving kids a script to draw from.

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According to the BGSU National Center for Family and Marriage Research, 15.2% of older adults divorced in 2022 compared to 5.2% in 1990

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Young children learn to regulate their appetite through a combination of biological, psychological, and sociological factors. Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign propose a model that explores these factors and provide guidelines for better understanding childhood appetite self-regulation.