Contributors: Sarah Albert, Meghan
Gearino and Tali Rosenblatt-Cohen
Here’s a weekly roundup of parenting articles that piqued
our interest. Enjoy! —
The Blair kids (all six of them!) will be featured in Olive
Us—a new weekly video series for families that highlights one tight-knit clan’s
life in France
(think: gardening, cooking, countryside living). Just in time for the warm
weather, episode one is Garden Day: check
it out. (oliveus.tv)
Do you commit any of these common "dollar don’t"s? Here are the top
10 money mistakes moms make. (Huffington
Post)
Who knew that most of us like to make babies in December?
Check out this birthday
heat map. (The Daily Viz)
Is time on an iPad better for children than time watching
TV? Find out some of the pros and cons of toddlers
and touch-screen devices. (The
Wall Street Journal)
Get to the bottom of what your baby is trying to say through sign
language. Check
out how signing worked for one family. (Huffington Post).
A heart-wrenching look at why health
care expenses are rising most quickly among children. (CNN)
Another reason to get those kiddos moving: diabetes
is on the rise among American teenagers. (NYTimes)
When did the phrase "baby
bump" become ubiquitous? We have the tabloids to thank. (Slate)
Jersey Shore’s
Snooki to be a great
mom? Find out what one blogger has to say to (sarcastically, of course) in
defense of the hard-parting, mommy-to-be reality star. (The Today Show)
Did you know that by the age of 2, more than 90% of all
American children have an online history? Read what Chelsea Clinton and James
P. Steyer have to say about the effects
of social media and internet usage on our kids. (CNN)
Speaking of internet usage, after her daughter posted
alcohol related photos on Facebook, one mother finds a unique punishment.
(Huffington Post)
Most every mother is familiar with the difficult process of
losing pregnancy weight. The actress and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai
Bachchan, who has previously been dubbed “the most beautiful woman in the
world,” has been receiving criticism in her native India
for not
losing the baby weight, sparking great debate over women’s image issues. (ABC News)
Borough Park
and Midwood will receive 150 surveillance cameras as part of a state-funded
safety program that Leiby Kletzky’s dad has helped to launch. (NY Post)
