“There are countless medical, emotional, and economic benefits of breastfeeding…” The American Academy of Pediatrics, April 2017 The benefits of breastfeeding are so plentiful they can’t be counted. Countless. Do not fall for this spin in the new clinical report issued this month by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Although …
In case you missed it, this summer the American Academy of Pediatrics decided pediatricians should worry more about literacy. Their June policy statement declares reading the best thing a parent can do promote healthy development (i.e. brain development). Indeed, the pediatric grand poo-bahs should worry more about literacy, beginning with their own …
The American Academy of Pediatrics now recommends children should stare at screens for no more than two hours a days according to guidelines just published in Pediatrics. The new policy focuses not just on television but new media viewed on computers, smart phones, tablets and other devices imperiling our youth. On your mark, …
So television is not the evil step-cousin of spanking, infant cough and cold meds or allowing babies to sleep on their tummies. Not anymore. Not this week. Back in 1999 The American Academy of Pediatrics, the popo of parenting, banned television for kids under 2 in an effort to persuade us that plopping infants and toddlers in …
On the heels of our nation’s birthday let’s talk about America, more importantly, America’s ambivalent relationship with science. Here at Momma Data it’s no secret that I find fault with information parents get and dish out about their children. Supposedly scientific information. I blame journalists, scientists, the American Academy of …