Parents & Kids

COVID-19 seems to be less of a problem for children, with far lower hospitalizations and deaths than for any other age group. So why are they not back in school or daycare?

They begin with guiding principles, 

       

Infants and toddlers spend 80-90% of their time indoors.

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the “American food supply is among the safest in the world.” But if you read t

Anti-vaccination advocates hold many beliefs, from the thoroughly discredited allegations of Dr. Wakefield to concerns that vaccination somehow abridges religious freedom.

Reading is a pleasurable requirement for writers. I recognize that I kick it old school, I like the physicality of a book in hand, screens, for me, are pale simulacra.

We tend to medicalize some human activity, we have advice on diet and exercise, but home birth, under the watchful eye of mid-wives, is still looked at askance. Are home births as safe as hospital births for both mother and baby?

When we say that objects are the same or similar, what do we really mean? It is a seemingly simple question that can unpack a lot of information.

There is little as fascinating as maternal-fetal physiology, given that pregnancy itself is the most well-designed suspension system in the world. Add to this complexity the dynamic nature of birth.