When walking or running, it’s normal for the arch of your foot to flatten slightly and for your foot and ankle to roll in a bit as your foot strikes the ground. “This is known as pronation and is a normal part of gait,” Loretta Logan, DPM, MPH, professor and chairman of the Department of Orthopedics and Pediatrics at the New York College of Podiatric Medicine & Food Center of New York, says....
According to the Brookings Institution, there are more BIPOC folx than Whites under the age of 15 years old in the U.S. (The term “folx” is an alternative spelling to “folks” used to emphasize inclusion of marginalized groups.) While the United States has a very diverse population, this diversity is not always reflected within children’s books. “Books about White children, talking bears, trucks, monsters, potatoes, etc. represent nearly three quarters (71%) of children’s and young adult books published in 2019,” reports the Cooperative Children’s Book Center....
The Social Security Administration (SSA) just released its list of the top 1,000 baby names in the United States for 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2019 list was released much later than usual. For 2020, the SSA is back to its usual timetable, allowing a look at which names were chosen during such unprecedented times. Key Takeaways The Social Security Administration released its updated list of top baby names from 2020....
By the time a child reaches middle school, friendships have become as important to development as family life. Middle school students crave acceptance from their peers and look to friends to help them navigate through adolescence and everything that comes with it. Friendships make everything more fun and can make even bad days much better. But friendships at this point in a child’s development can also be quite challenging. Below are tips to help you prepare your tween for the ups and downs of friendships in the middle school years....
Turner syndrome (Monosomy X) and pregnancy loss are often related. Turner syndrome is a chromosome disorder in which a girl or woman has only one complete X chromosome. (Because a Y chromosome is needed for a person to be male, all babies with Turner syndrome are girls.) Though girls born with Turner syndrome usually have good odds for a normal life, the majority of babies with the condition are lost to miscarriage or stillbirth....
As parents of young children, helping guide little ones to meals and snacks that provide them with the energy and nutrients they need is often on our minds. How do you provide variety? How do you know what a balanced meal looks like? Enter MyPlate from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a color-coded place setting designed to help people visualize the foods they should be eating. A History of Encouraging Varied, Balanced Eating The USDA has been publishing some type of nutrition guidelines for over 100 years....
Facebook anxiety is a modern-day affliction and a reflection of anxiety that you feel in daily life. Interacting on Facebook carries with it many of the same fears and insecurities that you probably feel in real life. The difference is that when you are alone in front of your computer, there is ample time to start obsessing and spending too much time worrying about what other people think. In this way, Facebook can magnify some of the fears you already experience....
The term egocentric is a concept that originated within Piaget’s theory of childhood development. Egocentrism refers to someone’s inability to understand that another person’s view or opinion may be different than their own. It represents a cognitive bias, in that someone would assume that others share the same perspective as they do, unable to imagine that other people would have a perception of their own. Overview Another development theorist, David Elkind, expanded on this idea of egocentrism with regards to adolescence....
Controlled substances are illegal or prescription drugs regulated by the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) in the United States. Recognizing the potential that certain medications have for misuse and dependence, Congress enacted the CSA as part of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970. This act categorizes all substances that are regulated under federal law into “schedules,” depending on how potentially dangerous they are. The schedule the drug is placed under depends on its medical use, its potential for abuse, and its safety or how easily people become dependent on it....
Abstinence is a term used in the addictions field to describe the process of abstaining—meaning avoiding, or not engaging in—certain potentially addictive substances or behaviors. If an individual does not engage in the addictive behavior at all, either indefinitely or for a short period of time, that person is said to be abstinent or abstaining, for example, “He was abstinent from alcohol for 6 months.” Abstinence can also be a goal, for example, “She intended to abstain from sexual activity until she is married,” or a philosophy, for example, “AA is an abstinence-based approach to recovery from alcoholism....
Known as apiphobia, the irrational fear of bees is arguably one of the most common specific animal phobias. Like all phobias, the fear of bees may have many different causes. Some people develop a phobia after being stung or watching someone else get stung, but prior exposure is not necessary for the fear to occur. Symptoms There is a distinct difference between not wanting to get stung by a bee, and someone who is apiphobic....
In the United States, healthcare professionals consult the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) when diagnosing mental health conditions. The DSM is published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA). A diagnosis under the fourth edition of this manual, the DSM-IV, had five parts, called Axes. Each Axis of this multi-axial system provided a different type of information about a diagnosis. However, the multi-axial system was done away with starting with the DSM-5....
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) states that babies can begin drinking water (4 to 8 ounces a day) when they are about 6 months old. Up until that age, infants get all the fluid they need from breast milk or formula. Fluoridated tap water can also help prevent tooth decay, and this is another reason to introduce extra water into a baby’s diet, especially if they are breastfeeding. You can also prepare iron-fortified infant formula with fluoridated water....
Car seat expiration dates can be a head-scratcher for parents. After all, your child’s car seat is not a carton of milk that can go sour. But there are legitimate reasons seats have expiration dates. Knowing where to locate this information, as well as how to understand and use it, will help ensure that your child is always safe when riding in the car. Why Do Car Seats Expire? There is no government regulation in the United States that requires an expiration date on car seats....
Many parents have come into my therapy office over the years saying things like, “I don’t want my kids to know I have depression,” or “I tell my kids I’m going to the chiropractor every week when I come see you.” The Verywell Mind Mental Health Tracker is a monthly survey of the overall mental health and well-being of adults living in the United States. Fielded online, this survey of 4,000 people seeks to measure current attitudes and behaviors, as well as feelings about the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic....
Whether your child has recently come out to you, or you are wondering if they might one day identify as part of the LGBTQ community, you likely have a lot of questions. There is an entire language and subculture that you may not be familiar with. What does it mean to be part of the LGBTQ community? What is the difference between sex and gender? What do all the different words for sexual and gender orientations mean?...
Generally, your child is ready to switch to a booster seat when they’ve outgrown the height and weight requirements for their five-point harness car seat. However, you may still wonder if your tall young child is developmentally ready for a booster seat, or if there’s an age requirement for switching. It’s easy enough to check the weight and height limits of various boosters to see if your little one will fit according to manufacturer instructions....
Most of us are aware that smoking weed during pregnancy is an unsafe practice, and we refrain from doing so while we’re expecting. If smoking weed is important to you—perhaps because you use it for medical purposes, or to relax and unwind—you might be looking forward to resuming once your baby is born. But things can get a little complicated if you are breastfeeding. You likely know that certain substances pass through breast milk and can affect your baby, but you might be unsure if that’s the case with weed....
Chloe, often spelled Chloë or Chloé, means “blooming” or “fertility” in Greek. Its literal translation refers to young shoots of foliage that appear in the spring. The Proto-Indo-European root that Chloe derives from means “yellow or green color.” This is the same prefix in the word chlorophyll, the substance that gives plants their green color, and through which they convert sunlight into energy. Chlorine and chloroplast also share this etymological feature....
Are you wondering exactly what back to school will look like for your kids this fall? As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, most schools across the country seem to be looking at another year of distance learning, while a few intrepid school systems have declared their students will return to in-person school. Key Takeaways Some schools will offer kids a hybrid model of learning this fall. Under this model, kids will attend school a few days each week, or will alternate weeks in and out of school....
