This Week In Parenting News: Flu Epidemic, Slavery Baby Bibs, Free Range Parenting and Teen Sleep
This week in parenting news is a roundup of the biggest stories you ought to be following right now.
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Birth Control Causes Breast Cancer? There’s More To The Story
In December 2017, the New England Journal of Medicine released this statement: “Women who use hormonal [contraceptives] for more than a year are at a 20 percent higher risk for breast cancer, [though] the overall risk remains low,” and is called “safe and effective.”
Against Candy Pushers: Parents Fight For Healthy Checkout
Healthy checkout? Are changes needed? Do your kids drive you nuts at the grocery store? Are you at your wit’s end by the time you reach the checkout counter? Is the candy and junk food loaded checkout lane the breaking point for your kids mega-meltdowns and your sanity?