Reese Witherspoon became a mom at age 23 and has been making candid motherhood confessions ever since. The actress welcomed daughter Ava with her ex-husband, Ryan Phillippe, in 1999, and the little one became a big sister four years later when son Deacon arrived. Following the Cruel Intentions costars’ 2006 split, Witherspoon wed Jim Toth […]
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Clumsy kids can be fit, too
Clumsy kids can be as aerobically fit as their peers with better motor skills, a new Finnish study shows. The results are based on research conducted at the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences of the University of Jyväskylä and the Institute of Biomedicine of the University of Eastern Finland, and they were published in […]
How kids can benefit from mindfulness training
Now that 2021 is here, many are looking for new ways to manage stress. Although mindfulness and meditation are not new—there is evidence suggesting that humans have been practicing meditation for more than 5,000 years – many are turning to these techniques to improve overall well-being. Mindfulness is a technique that involves paying attention to […]
Pool Play! See Kandi Burruss’ Family and More Celeb Kids Swimming
Family fun! Khloé Kardashian and more celebrity parents have been spending summer 2020 swimming with their kids. The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star has been posting pool pictures of her and Tristan Thompson’s daughter, True, all season long, from the little one kissing grandma Kris Jenner’s cheek in the shallows to smiling with cousins […]
Former MasterChef Junior Contestant Ben Watkins Dies of a Rare Form of Cancer That Tends to Strike Kids
Aspiring young chef Ben Watkins, who took part in the sixth season of MasterChef Junior in 2018, has died from a rare form of cancer called angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma. He was only 14. Donna Edwards and Anthony Edwards, Ben's maternal grandmother and uncle, released a statement on Monday on a GoFundMe page called #Love4Ben Memorial […]
Is the Pandemic Harming Kids’ Mental Health?
FRIDAY, Nov. 13, 2020 (HealthDay) — Since last April, hospital emergency rooms across the United States have seen a sustained surge in visits related to the mental health of school-aged kids, a new report reveals. The findings suggest the COVID-19 pandemic is taking a toll on children because of disruptions to their everyday life, anxiety […]
Kim Kardashian Feels Like an 'Awful Mom' While Quarantining With 4 Kids
Openly overwhelmed. Kim Kardashian turned to Khadijah Haqq to discuss her parenting struggles amid the coronavirus pandemic. Kim Kardashian’s Greatest Quotes About Motherhood Over the Years “I, like, literally hear Chicago crying in the other room, and I don’t care,” the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star, 40, said of her 2-year-old in the Thursday, […]
Distance learning makes it harder for kids to exercise, especially in low-income communities
This fall hasn’t felt much like “back to school” for many children. Instead, many are staying at home and attending virtual classes indefinitely. According to the Center on Reinventing Public Education, a nonpartisan research center, about 25% of U.S. school districts have started the year fully remote. This means that children will miss out on […]
Kids Much Less Prone to Coronavirus Infection Than Adults: Study
FRIDAY, Sept. 25, 2020 — Combined data from 32 studies from around the world suggest that children under the age of 10 are much less likely to become infected with SARS-CoV-2 compared with adults, given the same daily contacts. Children’s risk appears to rise with age: Among adolescent and older teenagers, the risk of infection […]
Kids are half as vulnerable to COVID-19 as adults, study finds
US child deaths from coronavirus remain low at 100 as study reveals kids are HALF as likely to be infected as adults New research from the UK’s institute of Child Health found that 0.56 children catch coronavirus from an infected person for every one adult globally US data shows that only about 100 American children […]