Parenting

In response to the rising trend of consumers seeking health information and everyday support online, McNeil Pediatrics, Division of Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc, today announced the launch of the “ADHD Moms” online community housed on Facebook. Facebook is a social networking site with more than 70 million active users. “ADHD Moms,” available at facebookdotcom/adhdmoms, is a [...]

The first of its kind survey uncovers adoption habits and stereotypes of U.S. parents. Survey found that men are twice more likely to adopt children than women. Common stereotype of adopting parents is a white couple adopting children from abroad, but this survey reveals that the reality doesn’t exactly match the actual situation. Researchers from [...]

The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is letting Nebraskans know that leaving a child at a hospital does not terminate parental rights. Fourteen children and youth have been abandoned at hospitals under LB 157 since the bill became law in July, with all instances occurring this month. Legislative Bill 157, which went into [...]

Grandparent care is not associated with more childhood injuries and is a source of safe childcare, despite popular belief. For working parents, having grandparents as caregivers can cut the risk of childhood injury roughly in half, according to a new study by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Compared to organized [...]