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Are Today's Dads the New 'Second Sex'?

Neal Colgrass — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:19:31 CDT

One father in London is feeling rather "invisible"—especially when doctors, nurses, and babysitters start talking. "Some of them have cut me off midsentence, and they often speak directly to my wife, even though I’m standing right there," writes Gary Moskowitz in the New York Times ' Motherlode blog . "No...

Fourth Child Dies After Day Care Fire in Houston

John Johnson — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 16:52:07 CST

A fourth child died today after a day care fire in Houston last week, as police investigate whether the woman who operated it out of her home left the kids unsupervised while she went shopping, reports KTRK-TV. Three other toddlers were injured, and two of them remain hospitalized. "There's no...

Good Day Care Linked to Good Grades Later

Nick McMaster — Fri, 14 May 2010 17:30:00 CDT

Kids who spend a lot of time in high-quality child care perform better academically than those who don't, even as much as 10 years later. Researchers looked at 1,364 youngsters, analyzing their academic records in the context of the kind and amount of child care they received. Previous studies...

Day-Care Kids Take Bigger Risks

Emily Rauhala — Fri, 14 May 2010 04:59:11 CDT

Teenagers who spent long hours in day-care as toddlers are more likely to take risks and act impulsively than peers who spent those years at home, finds the largest and longest study of child-care in America. The findings—sure to stir controversy among parents and policy makers—found that teens...

UK Gives Dads 6 Months of Paternity Leave

Jane Yager — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:11:36 CST

The UK has overhauled its family leave policy to put more British babies in their fathers' care as mothers play the role of breadwinner. Where previously mothers got nine months' leave and fathers only two weeks, families will now have the option of shifting the mother's last three months to...

Home Daycare Turns Kids Into Couch Potatoes

Nick McMaster — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:35:30 CST

Children in home-based daycare watch far more TV than kids in formal child-care centers, with preschoolers averaging as much as 3.4 hours a day. The numbers in a new survey haven't changed much from stats recorded in previous years, which the researchers say they find "disconcerting, given the intervening...

Recession Squeezes 'Grandfamilies'

Rob Quinn — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 11:52:41 CDT

The recession is putting a serious strain on the safety net millions of American grandparents provide for their grandkids, the Wall Street Journal reports. The number of children who live in a household headed by a grandparent has been rising for decades, but older workers are finding it tough to...

Octu-Mom Takes Free Child Care, Bigger House

Rob Quinn — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:04:20 CDT

Octuplet mom Nadya Suleman has agreed to accept free round-the-clock nursing and child care from the nonprofit group Angels In Waiting, the Los Angeles Times reports. The babies, expected to leave the hospital within weeks, will also have a bigger home to go to. Suleman's father has bought a four-bedroom...

Octuplet Mom Turns Down Free, 24-Hour Child Care

Kevin Spak — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:45:29 CST

Nadya Suleman has rejected an offer from a nonprofit group for free, 24-hour care for her 14 kids, the Los Angeles Times reports. The group’s founder says Suleman lost interest when it vetoed a reality show based around their care, but Suleman disputes that in a video diary for Radar,...