Contributors: Sarah Greene, Jessica Roblin and Tali Rosenblatt-Cohen
Here’s a weekly roundup of parenting articles that piqued
our interest. Enjoy! —
Making material harder to learn via methods such as using small or gray fonts actually improves the chances of long-term retention. Teachers, take note! (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
A nine-year-old girl in Scotland galvanizes the movement to improve school lunches by starting a blog of her daily lunch. (New York Times)
Beware of random drug testing for infants; while children don’t get high, many
baby soaps cause infants to test positive for marijuana. (Huffington Post)
As techniques for pre-natal testing improve, moral and legal
quandaries are sure to follow. (Slate)
Planning a
family vacation this summer? Make sure
to check out these 7 tips to make your trip as fun and smooth as possible. (New York Times)
Pediatricians urge parents to swap bland baby foods for something more
flavorful. Have your kids take a crawl on the wild side! It will help them get the nutrients they need and may also avoid picky eating in the future. (Baby Center)
Parenting advice
from prison guards? Check it out here! (Mother Jones)
The 9 products
that keep one family sane: priceless. (apartmenttherapy.com)
Here’s a bit of a wild card: Martin
Sheen talks the art of parenting, and how Charlie could have been a
priest.(Washington Post)
A
brave fifth-grader from Queens stands up for same-sex marriage with a planned
school speech. (New York Magazine)
